"pleasantly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈplɛzəntli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pleasantly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more pleasantly [comparative], most pleasantly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English pleasauntly; equivalent to pleasant + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pleasauntly}} Middle English pleasauntly, {{suffix|en|pleasant|ly}} pleasant + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} pleasantly (comparative more pleasantly, superlative most pleasantly)
  1. In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result. Translations (in a pleasant manner): agradablement (Catalan), agrable (Esperanto), agréablement (French), kellemesen (Hungarian), dilettosamente (Italian), amoenē (Latin), miło (Polish), agradablemente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pleasantly-en-adv-9yHfw7Th Disambiguation of 'in a pleasant manner': 100 0 0
  2. (degree) Lightly
    Sense id: en-pleasantly-en-adv-PvvHX-eQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 55 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 60 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 6 66 28
  3. (obsolete) Ludicrously; facetiously. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pleasantly-en-adv-GBElCr35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pleasauntlie, plesantlie, pleasauntly, plesantly, plesauntly [obsolete]

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