as in deliciously
in a pleasing way
we spent a pleasurably hectic day shopping for Christmas presents
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleasurably
Adverb
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Everybody played great up and down the lineup.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Reaves has played great all season long, and it's given the Lakers a major boost offensively.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Meanwhile, inflation cooled in March, putting price increases well below a peak attained in 2022, fresh data on Thursday showed.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The news arrives just last year after the Academy’s historic announcement of a best casting category, which will be awarded for the first time at the 98th ceremony in 2026.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The fact that something appears to be finely tuned for a specific outcome, at least on the surface, doesn’t necessarily indicate any fine-tuning at all, however.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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For teachers, there is broad buy-in to the value proposition of AI to automate tasks that routinely take teachers 15+ hours each week, to differentiate assignments, and to provide a patient and finely-tuned support to teachers and students alike.—
Talia Milgrom-Elcott,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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At a blissful 93 minutes long, Black Bag keeps audiences happily guessing before dropping its final reveals.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Penn Badgley's Joe gets one more stab at his happily ever after in the show's fifth and final season.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Pleasurably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasurably. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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