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pleasantly



ADVERB
courteously
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Daytime temperatures will feel pleasantly warm - though a long way off from the record heat experienced earlier this month.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

One arrives every two minutes or so at each airy, pleasantly lit station.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

Zach Musiakiewicz, 24, didn’t think “The Odyssey” was something he would ever like when he picked up a copy at a secondhand bookstore, but was pleasantly surprised.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Temperatures in the beach cities pleasantly hovered in the 70s, a stark contrast to East Coast communities broiling in a heat wave.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

She came at once, after saying pleasantly to Mr. Renfield: “Good-bye, and I hope I may see you often, under auspices pleasanter to yourself,” to which, to my astonishment, he replied:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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