different between attractively vs pleasantly

attractively

English

Etymology

attractive +? -ly

Adverb

attractively (comparative more attractively, superlative most attractively)

  1. In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.

Translations

References

  • attractively in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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pleasantly

English

Alternative forms

  • pleasauntlie, plesantlie, pleasauntly, plesantly, plesauntly (all obsolete)

Etymology

pleasant +? -ly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pl?z?ntli/
  • Hyphenation: pleas?ant?ly

Adverb

pleasantly (comparative more pleasantly, superlative most pleasantly)

  1. In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
    He smiled pleasantly at passersby.
    They were pleasantly surprised at the result.
  2. (degree) Lightly
  3. (obsolete) Ludicrously.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 1, Midas
      In workhouses, pleasantly so named, because work cannot be done in them.

Translations

References

  • Webster, Noah (1828) , “pleasantly”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language

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