pleasantly

Questions about pleasantly

What does pleasantly mean?

pleasantly means "in a cheerful manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pleasantly?

pleasantly has 3 syllables: pleas-ant-ly. The stress falls on "pleas". In IPA it is /ˈplɛzəntli/.

What is another word for pleasantly?

Close synonyms include cheerily, sunnily, agreeably, enjoyably. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of pleasantly?

The recorded antonyms are unpleasantly.

Is pleasantly a common word?

pleasantly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pleasantly?

1 word rhymes with pleasantly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pleasantly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.