pleasant
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
How often you will meet it
Rank 800 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,872 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings we had a pleasant evening togethera pleasant scene
- (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around
pleasant in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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How pleasant it was in the garden!
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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It is not pleasant to be the other thing.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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A pleasant little intimacy seemed already established between the two of them.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Lastly, the pleasant discovery that his Form treated him with courtesy and kindness.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Arnold Jacks pressed the visitor's hand and spoke a few courteous words in a remarkably pleasant voice.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1