Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleasingly

/plˈizɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: pleas-ing-ly
IPA: /plˈizɪŋli/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.

Example Sentences

"I not only then tighten'd the pleasure-girth round my restless inmate by a secret spring of friction and compres- sion that obeys the will in those parts, but stole my hand softly to that store bag of nature's prime sweets, which is so pleasingly attach'd to its conduit pipe, from which we receive them;"

Etymology

From Middle English plesingliche; equivalent to pleasing + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: plesingliche
Suffix: pleasing

Inflected Forms

more pleasingly (comparative) most pleasingly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce pleasingly?: The recorded pronunciation is /plˈizɪŋli/.
What does pleasingly mean?: In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.
Where does pleasingly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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