Definitions
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- adverb Obsolete form of
pleasantly .
Etymologies
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plesaunt + -ly
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Examples
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[Sidenote: and then asks his lord to come to the fire and dress while he waits by.] ++Than pray your {e} sou {er} eyñ w {i} t {h} wordus mansuetely to com to a good fyr {e} and aray hym ther by, 888 and ther {e} to sytt or stand/to his p {er} sone plesauntly, and ye eu {er} redy to awayte w {i} t {h} maners metely.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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{Meyr {e} of Calice ye may p {re} ferr {e} plesauntly.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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