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pleas·ant  (plznt)
adj. pleas·ant·er, pleas·ant·est
1. Giving or affording pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable: a pleasant scene; pleasant sensations.
2. Pleasing in manner, behavior, or appearance.
3. Fair and comfortable: pleasant weather.
4. Merry; lively.

[Middle English plesaunt, from Old French plaisant, present participle of plaisir, to please, from Latin placre; see plk-1 in Indo-European roots.]

pleasant·ly adv.
pleasant·ness n.

pleasant [ˈplɛzənt]
adj
1. giving or affording pleasure; enjoyable
2. having pleasing or agreeable manners, appearance, habits, etc.
3. Obsolete merry and lively
[from Old French plaisant, from plaisir to please]
pleasantly  adv
pleasantness  n

pleasant


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I was soon at the entrance of the pensionnat, in a moment I had pulled the bell; in another moment the door was opened, and within appeared a passage paved alternately with black and white marble; the walls were painted in imitation of marble also; and at the far end opened a glass door, through which I saw shrubs and a grass-plat, looking pleasant in the sunshine of the mild spring evening-for it was now the middle of April.
Playing whist by the cabin lamps when it is storming outside is pleasant; walking the quarterdeck in the moonlight is pleasant; smoking in the breezy foretop is pleasant when one is not afraid to go up there; but these are all feeble and commonplace compared with the joy of seeing people suffering the miseries of seasickness.
Very pleasant was their day, as pleasant as the day of the cattle in the field.
 
 
 
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