pleasing

Definition

Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

Etymology

From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern standards, and very pleasing in appearance."
• "Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost."

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