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# pleasingly

adverb (pleasingly)

«pleasingly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a way that gives pleasure, satisfaction or a good feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#m1)
2. (formal) Pleasantly, nicely, to a satisfying degree: pleasingly warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in descriptions and reports to show something is good or satisfying: «The cake was pleasingly soft». In art and maths, shapes or patterns can be «pleasingly symmetrical». A slightly formal, writerly word; in speech children say «nicely» or «really». Phrases: «pleasingly simple», «pleasingly symmetrical», «pleasingly warm».

### Examples

- The answer came out pleasingly neat: exactly 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#x1)
- The garden was pleasingly quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#x2)
- The pattern is pleasingly symmetrical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#x3)
- The bath was pleasingly warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#x4)
- Her picture was pleasingly bright and colourful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#x5)
- The test results were pleasingly good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#x6)
- The puzzle pieces clicked pleasingly into place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from «pleasing» (adjective) from «please». Often comes before an adjective: pleasingly round, pleasingly short.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pleasingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasingly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pleasingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pleasingly.html) on Mova free.