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Pleasantness

noun

The feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling.

The quality of giving pleasure. Synonym: sweetness. "The pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"

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"Pleasantness" Quotes from Famous Books

... an effort at pleasantness. "Good morning, Ellen," he said. "I am glad to find you at home. May ...

— The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... will show that on this occasion the tenantry have no reason either to sigh or weep, and the visit is worth making, independently of the pleasantness of a change from town to country, because it affords an opportunity of seeing what can be done with a neglected domain when it passes into the hands of men of large capital, liberal views, and a thorough determination that ...

— Rides on Railways • Samuel Sidney

... on to accompany Mrs. Ellison to the masquerade. Here, I must confess, the pleasantness of the place, the variety of the dresses, and the novelty of the thing, gave me much delight, and raised my fancy to the highest pitch. As I was entirely void of all suspicion, my mind threw off all reserve, and pleasure only filled my thoughts. Innocence, it is true, possessed ...

— Amelia (Complete) • Henry Fielding

... to add to the pleasantness?" asked the gentle lady, holding the small hands in her own, and feeling well repaid by ...

— Jack and Jill • Louisa May Alcott

... abounding in trees and fruits and herbs, but he let no merchant pass without robbing him of his monies and his merchandise; and the traders endured this with patience, by reason of their profit from the fatness of the earth in the means of life and its pleasantness, more by token that it was renowned for its richness in precious stones and gems. Now the just King, who loved jewels, heard of this land and sent one of his subjects thither, giving him much specie and bidding him pass with it into the other's realm and buy jewels therefrom. ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 9 • Richard F. Burton

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