pleasurably
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3.4
- adverb
- /ˈplɛʒərəbli/
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placenteramente
- Without exception, communications concerning external review of manuscripts, interaction with authors, and final publication of manuals have been accomplished pleasurably and as expeditiously as NMFS funds and the workload on the NMFS editorial staff permitted.
- most pleasurably
You want to be fluffers for each other because when you're touching the lingam and you're stroking it pleasurably, he's calmed down.
- You want to be fluffers for each other because when you're touching the lingam and you're stroking it pleasurably, he's calmed down.
Examples
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He ordered a plate of fried clams and sat there eating pleasurably until the cops took his statement.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then, while our leader sips his second cognac, we are allowed to wander in the village as we please for a while or walk the fields below in the neighborhood of the water source, our official excuse for being in the open countryside so pleasurably long.
Fiction book (2000) -
Might not the end days be more pleasurably spent with wine, women, and song?
Blog text (32) -
Yes, James, it does make me angry, but pleasurably so.
Blog text (29) -
I watched her eyes track pleasurably the arc of her memory.
Fiction book (1998) -
My dear Pearce, a year has passed most profitably and pleasurably, leaving me no moment in which to write to you.
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Once inside this power and knowledge game, the spectator feels, or is connected, deeply and pleasurably, in an intermittent and everlasting way with what happens.
Academic text (1992) -
(3) A website with a user experience that navigates pleasurably, logically, and simply to draw customers in for a lifetime.
Blog text (24) -
"Maybe," mumbled Kudra, stretching her sun-warmed muscles until the elastic shuddered pleasurably and a mindless animal happiness collected in a pool at the base of her skull.
Fiction book (1990) -
She savored the dessert pleasurably, enjoying every bite.
Synonyms
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1.0
In a friendly and enjoyable way
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1.8
In a very pleasant way that makes you feel happy
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3.4
In a way that makes someone feel happy
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2.3
In a pleasant way that feels nice
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3.4
In a pleasing way that makes you feel happy about the result
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1.3
In a pleasant way that gives pleasure
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5.7
In a way that feels pleasing and rewarding
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7.4
Showing great pleasure and excitement
Antonyms
How Pleasurable
Surface Forms
Morphology
pleasurably = pleasurable (transparent) = pleasure + able + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'pleasurable' with the productive suffix '-ly', and the adjective is transparently derived from 'pleasure' + '-able'.
Etymology
The word pleasurably comes from the simple verb please, which means 'to give pleasure', and the adjective pleasant, while the ending -ly makes it an adverb. So to do something pleasurably is to do it 'with pleasure'.