pleasant
adjective
pleasantly
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a word derived from
pleasant.
Example Sentences
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Daytime temperatures will feel pleasantly warm - though a long way off from the record heat experienced earlier this month.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
One arrives every two minutes or so at each airy, pleasantly lit station.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Vallverdu’s mother, 46-year-old Lori Maltz, said she is “surprised but pleasantly shocked” that her teenager and teenager’s friends enjoy it so much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Temperatures in the beach cities pleasantly hovered in the 70s, a stark contrast to East Coast communities broiling in a heat wave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
“Good,” said the King pleasantly, realising that he would be in time for the Barber, after all.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
