Pleasingly vs Pleasantly - What's the difference?
pleasingly | pleasantly |
In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.
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, I not only then tighten'd the pleasure-girth round my restless inmate by a secret spring of friction and compres- sion that obeys the will in those parts, but stole my hand softly to that store bag of nature's prime sweets, which is so pleasingly attach'd to its conduit pipe, from which we receive them;}}
In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
(degree) Lightly
(obsolete) Ludicrously.
As adverbs the difference between pleasingly and pleasantly
is that pleasingly is in a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably while pleasantly is in a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.pleasingly
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Adverb
(en adverb)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.