PLEASANTLY
PLEASANTLY, adverb plez'antly. In such a manner as to please or gratify.1. Gayly; merrily; in good humor.2. Lightly; ludicrously.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PLEASANTNESS
PLEASANTNESS, noun plez'antness. State of being pleasant or agreeable; as the pleasantness of a situation.1. Cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; as the pleasantness of youth.
PLEASANTRY
PLEASANTRY, noun plez'antry. Gayety; merriment.The harshness of reasoning is not a little softened and smoothed by the infusions of mirth and pleasantry1. Sprightly saying; live...
PLEASE
PLEASE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin placere, placeo.]1. To excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to gratify; as, to please the taste; to please the mind.Their words ple...
PLEASED
PLE'ASED, participle passive Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.
PLEASEMAN
PLE'ASEMAN, noun An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.
PLEASER
PLE'ASER, noun One that pleases or gratifies; one that courts favor by humoring or flattering compliances or a show of obedience; as men-pleasers. Ephesians 6:1. Colossians 3:1.
PLEASING
PLE'ASING, participle present tense Gratifying; exciting agreeable sensations or emotions in.PLE'ASING, adjective Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable to the senses or to ...
PLEASINGLY
PLE'ASINGLY, adverb In such a manner as to give pleasure.
PLEASINGNESS
PLE'ASINGNESS, noun The quality of giving pleasure.
PLEASURABLE
PLEASURABLE, adjective plezh'urable. [from pleasure.] Pleasing; giving pleasure; affording gratification.Planting of orchards is very profitable as well as pleasurable
PLEASURABLENESS
PLEAS'URABLENESS, noun The quality of giving pleasure.
PLEASURABLY
PLEAS'URABLY, adverb With pleasure; with gratification of the senses or the mind.
PLEASURE
PLEASURE, noun plezh'ur.1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish or happiness produced by enjoyment or the exp...
PLEASURE-BOAT
PLEAS'URE-BOAT, noun A boat appropriated to sailing for amusement.
PLEASURE-CARRIAGE
PLEAS'URE-CARRIAGE, noun A carriage for pleasure.
PLEASURE-GROUND
PLEAS'URE-GROUND, noun Ground laid out in an ornamental manner and appropriated to pleasure or amusement.
PLEASUREFUL
PLEAS'UREFUL, adjective Pleasant; agreeable. [Little used.]
PLEASURIST
PLEAS'URIST, noun A person devoted to worldly pleasure. [Little used.]
PLEBEIAN
PLEBE'IAN, adjective [Latin plebeius, from plebs, the common people.]1. Pertaining to the common people; vulgar; as plebeian minds; plebeian sports.2. Consisting of common peopl...
PLEBEIANCE
PLEBE'IANCE, noun The common people. [Not in use.]
PLEDGE
PLEDGE, noun [Latin plico.]1. Something put in pawn; that which is deposited with another as security for the repayment of money borrowed, or for the performance of some agreeme...
PLEDGED
PLEDG'ED, participle passive Deposited as security; given in warrant.
PLEDGEE
PLEDGEE', noun The person to whom any thing is pledged.
PLEDGER
PLEDG'ER, noun One that pledges or pawns any thing; one that warrants or secures. [Pledgor, in Blackstone, is not to be countenanced.]1. One that accepts the invitation to drink...
PLEDGERY
PLEDG'ERY, noun A pledging; suretyship. [Not in use.]
PLEDGET
PLEDG'ET, noun [from folding or laying.] In surgery, a compress or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound to imbibe the matter discharged and keep it clean.