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pleasing

/ˈplizɪŋ/ adjective A2
  1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
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Tell me, Friend MacDonald, this pleasing and touching interview was, I suppose, in the professor’s study?”
The Valley of Fear, p. 13 · C1
“I’ve heard of you,” said he in a voice which was not quite English and not quite American, but was altogether mellow and pleasing.
The Valley of Fear, p. 92 · C1
“He could be still amiable, still pleasing to my uncle and aunt, when he was in town; and why not to me?
Pride and Prejudice, p. 317 · B2
It is only that he is blessed with greater sweetness of address, and a stronger desire of generally pleasing, than any other man.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 323 · B2

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