What part of speech is pleasantly?

Pleasantly can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. pleasantly is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • pleasantly
  • adjective: pleasant 
  • adverb: pleasantly

What does pleasantly mean?

Definitions

Adverb

pleasantly - in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon"
pleasantly - in a cheerful manner; "`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly"

Examples of pleasantly

#   Sentence  
1. adv. We spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon.
2. adv. `I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly.
3. adv. but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Purple Goose's prices are reasonable (for the SAME products found at other area boutiques, the prices were 20-25% cheaper).
4. adv. I can tell you we were pleasantly surprised -- BT has taste memory and each time back the food was consistently delicious -- same dishes -- were consistent.
5. adv. Gerry pleasantly said " since I am already here why don't we give it shot.
6. adv. If your friend reminds you kindly of your faults, take what he says not only pleasantly, but thankfully.
7. adv. He spoke to me pleasantly.
8. adv. It was hard for me to act pleasantly to others.
9. adv. Sita smiled pleasantly.
10. adv. I was pleasantly surprised.
11. adv. He was pleasantly surprised.
12. adv. She was pleasantly surprised.
13. adv. The weather is quite pleasantly cool.
14. adv. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
15. adv. Heike was pleasantly surprised when Dieter responded favorably to her advances.
Sentence  
adv.
We spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon.
`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly.
but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Purple Goose's prices are reasonable (for the SAME products found at other area boutiques, the prices were 20-25% cheaper).
I can tell you we were pleasantly surprised -- BT has taste memory and each time back the food was consistently delicious -- same dishes -- were consistent.
Gerry pleasantly said " since I am already here why don't we give it shot.
If your friend reminds you kindly of your faults, take what he says not only pleasantly, but thankfully.
He spoke to me pleasantly.
It was hard for me to act pleasantly to others.
Sita smiled pleasantly.
I was pleasantly surprised.
He was pleasantly surprised.
She was pleasantly surprised.
The weather is quite pleasantly cool.
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Heike was pleasantly surprised when Dieter responded favorably to her advances.

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