pleasant
[plez-uhnt]
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Origin of pleasant
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Contemporary Examples
Klein said he was pleasantly surprised by his close encounter with the governor.
“I was pleasantly surprised,” Rachel McQueen, assistant human ecology professor at the university, said.
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He brings a palpable sense of decency and a pleasantly crinkly face to the role.
His joy was shared by Paul Ryan, who said he was “pleasantly surprised” by the number in favor, which was higher than he expected.
He had a pleasantly jowly face, punctuated by a brushy mustache under his fleshy nose, his pants always fastened to suspenders.
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Historical Examples
She only pleasantly remembered him; he never forgot her till his death.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
He pleasantly promises the ignominious death of your chief friends.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
An instant his superb eye resented, but then he pleasantly did my bidding.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
After she had accepted the care of him, and that so pleasantly, he wasn't satisfied!
Southern Lights and ShadowsVarious
The thin, old voice tinkled on pleasantly in the Talentless One's ears.
Four Girls and a CompactAnnie Hamilton Donnell
pleasant
- giving or affording pleasure; enjoyable
- having pleasing or agreeable manners, appearance, habits, etc
- obsolete merry and lively
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French plaisant, from plaisir to please
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Word Origin and History for pleasantly
pleasant
adj.
late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname), from Old French plaisant "pleasant, pleasing, agreeable" (12c.), present participle of plaisir "to please" (see please). Pleasantry has the word's modern French sense of "funny, jocular." Related: Pleasantly.
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