pleasantly
/ˈplɛzəntli/ adverb B1- In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result. · He smiled pleasantly at passersby.· They were pleasantly surprised at the result.
- Lightly.
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Marilla knew too little about precious stones to realize how fine the amethysts actually were; but she thought them very beautiful and was always pleasantly conscious of their violet shimmer at her throat, above her good brown satin dress, even although she could not see it.
It was pleasantly warm and dimly lighted by the embers of a fire in the grate.
That first day passed pleasantly enough in a whirl of excitement, meeting all the new students, learning to know the professors by sight and being assorted and organized into classes.
The evening altogether passed off pleasantly to the whole family.
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