pleasinglyadv.
/ˈpliːzɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈplizɪŋli/ 1. In a pleasing manner, so as to please; = pleasantly adv. 1.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 71 He spekiþ to here plesingeliche [L. Blande].
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 8 (MED) Plesyngliche bere he him-silf to hise pacientis.
c1475 (a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 318 (MED) Many men, when þey ben gederid, preyen more plesingliche to god þen wen þei ben scaterid.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 63v No Orator was euer more pleasingly perswasiue.
1635 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Eliz. i. 127 This sounded not very pleasingly in the Spaniard's eares.
1659 Lady Alimony i. ii. sig. A4 I never found any branch more pleasingly fruitful.
1695 J. Dryden tr. R. de Piles in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 130 A Consort of Voices..pleasingly fills the Ears and flatters them.
1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man i. 4 Sir, you kiss Pleasingly.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 256 An island, where I spent my time so pleasingly.
1816 E. S. Barrett Talents run Mad i. 14 Christian humility could not be more pleasingly displayed than in their condescending to the connection.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 190 There is..very little variety, nor are the different objects pleasingly arranged.
1939 E. B. White Vigil in Writings from New Yorker (1990) 81 The world, on this Sunday morning, seems pleasingly unreal.
1995 Unique June 64/2 Jazz house..has a pleasingly funky edge to it.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > [adverb]
lustly971
to thankOE
merryOE
lustilya1225
likinglya1387
pleasinglya1400
in (on) thankc1400
merrilyc1400
pleasantlya1425
listilyc1440
at pleasure1579
jolly1615
well-pleasedly1645
pleasedly1651
enjoyingly1835
welcomingly1884
a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 45 (MED) These myraclis pleyeris and mayntenours, leevynge plesingly to do that God biddith hem, scornen God.
c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 163 (MED) Oure lorde Jesu..accepted more plesyngly and preferred the priue contemplacioun of Marie.
a1500 St. Brendan's Confession (Lamb.) 200 in Geibun-Kenkyu (1968) 25 13 (MED) I haue not worschipid my fadir and modir..I haue not buxumly and plesyngly herd hem and doon aftir her biddyng.
a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 102 If one that hath a iudiciall place..shall pleasingly heare the proofes of the one party, and peremptorily cut off the other.
1612 W. Martyn Youths Instr. 77 Neither doe you relish too pleasingly your owne actions.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses Pref. 19 That can look upon another man's Lands evenly and pleasingly as if they were his own.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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