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pleasingly

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pleas·ing  (plzng)
adj.
Giving pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable.
pleasing·ly adv.
pleasing·ness n.
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Adv.1.pleasingly - in a pleasing manner; "the room was pleasingly large"
Translations
pleasingly [ˈpliːzɪŋlɪ] ADV the surface was pleasingly smooth to the touch → la superficie era lisa y agradable or grata al tacto
pleasingly [ˈpliːzɪŋli] adv → plaisamment
pleasingly simple → d'une agréable simplicité
pleasingly
adv → angenehm; a pleasingly laid-out garden → ein hübsch angelegter Garten
pleasingly [ˈpliːzɪŋlɪ] adv (arranged, performed) → gradevolmente, in modo gradevole
pleasingly [ˈpliːzɪŋlɪ] adv (arranged, performed) → gradevolmente, in modo gradevole


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There is nothing, O Zarathustra, that groweth more pleasingly on earth than a lofty, strong will: it is the finest growth.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
For a divinity, he had the air of a very clever sort of fellow, by no means proud, nay, even pleasingly familiar with the young negresses, who seemed never to tire of looking at him.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
Dryden and all his contemporaries gave to Waller, rather too unreservedly, the credit of having first perfected the form, that is of first making it (to their taste) pleasingly smooth and regular.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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