Critically vs Pleasantly - What's the difference?
critically | pleasantly | Related terms |
In a critical manner; with criticism.
With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
* Dryden
At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
* Bishop Burnet
In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
(degree) Lightly
(obsolete) Ludicrously.
Critically is a related term of pleasantly.
As adverbs the difference between critically and pleasantly
is that critically is in a critical manner; with criticism while pleasantly is in a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.critically
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Adverb
(en adverb)- Critically to discern good writers from bad.
- a fortification critically situated
- Coming critically the night before the session.
pleasantly
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Alternative forms
* pleasauntlie (obsolete) * plesantlie (obsolete) * pleasauntly (obsolete) * plesantly (obsolete) * plesauntly (obsolete)Adverb
(en adverb)- He smiled pleasantly at passersby.
- They were pleasantly surprised at the result.