agreeably
part of speech
adverb (agreeably)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a pleasant, nice way. tree →
2) In a friendly, willing way. tree →
3) Agreeably to something means in line with it, or following it as advised. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in stories and polite speech: «agreeably surprised» means pleasantly surprised. Phrases: «agreeably surprised», «agreeably warm».
examples
- The water was agreeably warm. tree →
- She smiled agreeably at the visitors. tree →
- We were agreeably surprised by the test results. tree →
- The room was agreeably quiet. tree →
- He nodded agreeably and passed the salt. tree →
- The day passed agreeably at the beach. tree →
- All the mice said it was a very beautiful wedding, and that they had been very agreeably entertained. tree →
note
From «agreeable». Not the same as «in agreement»; it means pleasantly. Spelling: agreeab-ly (drop the e).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «agreeably» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.