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Definition of pleasant in English:

pleasant

adjective

1Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
‘a very pleasant evening’
- ‘I arrived back home on Sunday evening after a few pleasant days to see gritters at work.’
- ‘Not all surprises are pleasant or harmonious, of course, but this one has a harmonious air.’
- ‘This is proving to be one of the most balmy and pleasant of Autumns I can ever remember.’
- ‘It was a very pleasant evening and one that looks like it's going to become a regular occurrence.’
- ‘If the grand old manor house is anything to go by we are in for a pleasant surprise.’
- ‘There will be refreshments during the interval to ensure a pleasant evening for all.’
- ‘It was more than a pleasant surprise and I ate a small part of my body weight in the stuff.’
- ‘After a dull and wet bank holiday, I was looking forward to a pleasant evening in the theatre.’
- ‘Religion sets down rules with the aim of making society a pleasant happy place in which to live.’
- ‘So it was a pleasant surprise, then, when I was up at a decent hour this morning.’
- ‘You can feel the force in her acting now and it's such a very pleasant surprise.’
- ‘It was a pleasant surprise, after all this, to find that the book is a very professional piece of work.’
- ‘Nowhere did it say they'd all be on the one paper, so that was a pleasant surprise.’
- ‘Take a look around your stretch of coastline, you could get some very pleasant surprises.’
- ‘At the outset, if her work was good, it would be a pleasant surprise for everyone.’
- ‘To win both races has been a pleasant surprise, but the success is full deserved.’
- ‘Was there some other happy or less pleasant episode in her life that she felt she could commemorate?’
- ‘This courtesy came as a very pleasant surprise and we were more than willing to wait.’
- ‘Sometimes it seems that we ourselves can cause the enjoyment of pleasant objects.’
- ‘The fish was a pleasant surprise as I found it really meaty - full of texture and taste.’
enjoyable, pleasing, pleasurable, nice, agreeable, satisfying, gratifying, welcome, good, acceptable, to one's liking
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1. 1.1 (of a person or their manner) friendly and considerate; likeable.
  ‘they found him pleasant and cooperative’
  ‘I return to the same man on the cash desk and he is very pleasant, wishing me an enjoyable evening.’
  ‘It was the first time I had met the pleasant bloke, though he had registered four years back.’
  ‘She is a very pleasant girl who gets on with everybody and we are very proud of her.’
  ‘She is now a bright, pleasant child of ten months who is on the waiting list for a donor.’
  ‘Not only did Anderson find animators more pleasant company but the genre itself drew him in.’
  ‘Blond and vivacious, Sarah was always a pleasant patient to have on the morning list.’
  ‘If you get a pleasant assistant, you can come out of the store feeling all is well with the world.’
  ‘A social worker who had worked with Fraser since described her as a lovely and pleasant girl.’
  ‘Margaret was a pleasant and courteous lady who was very well liked by all who knew her.’
  ‘Increases in sales are more likely to stem from a good service and a pleasant manner.’
  ‘He was very pleasant, even though he's obviously signed a lot of autographs today.’
  ‘Although anger simmered right under the surface, my voice was pleasant and calm.’
  ‘He was an easy going pleasant man to deal with and he had a nice way of giving good or bad news.’
  ‘He was a quiet and reserved man, but so pleasant in his manner that he became a favourite with the nurses.’
  ‘Andrew Wallace is a pleasant lad who seeks little glory but wants to do well in life.’
  ‘Yet people who have met Gray tell me he is perfectly affable and pleasant, if a bit miserable.’
  ‘He was pleasant and talkative, but I'd never have imagined he could be so unmerciful.’
  ‘When the most pleasant person you meet on your way in is the ticket inspector, you know things are bad.’
  ‘He was, by all accounts an extremely pleasant person and of the highest integrity.’
  ‘I think he was a good family man and would have been perfectly pleasant to me.’
  friendly, agreeable, amiable, affable, nice, genial, likeable, amicable, lovely, good-humoured, personable, congenial, hospitable, approachable, good-natured, companionable
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