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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pleasantly \Pleas"ant*ly\, adverb In a pleasant manner.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pleasantly
adverb
1: in a cheerful manner; "'I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly" [syn: {cheerily}, {sunnily}]
2: in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon" [syn: {agreeably}, {enjoyably}] [ant: {disagreeably}, {unpleasantly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleasantly": affably, agreeably, airily, amiably, amicably, ardently, arm in arm, blissfully, blithely, cheerfully, cheerily, congenially, cordially, enjoyably, fair, familiarly, favorably, friendliwise, friendly, genially, gladly, graciously, gratifyingly, hand in hand, happily, heartily, hopefully, intimately, irrepressibly, jauntily, joyfully, kindly, lightly, optimistically, pleasingly, pleasurably, satisfyingly, smilingly, warmly, with good cheer, with open arms
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