adv
Meaning 1
In an enjoyable manner
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
enjoyably
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CMU ARPABET: EH2 N JH OY1 AH0 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an enjoyable manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pleasantly, agreeably
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English enjoy Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enjoyable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English enjoyably From enjoyable + -ly.