more pleasant vs pleasanter

Both 'more pleasant' and 'pleasanter' are correct ways to compare the degree of pleasantness. 'More pleasant' is more commonly used in formal and academic writing, while 'pleasanter' is less common but still acceptable in informal contexts. Both phrases convey the same meaning, but 'more pleasant' is preferred in most situations.

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more pleasant

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to compare the degree of pleasantness.

Use 'more pleasant' when comparing the degree of pleasantness between two things or situations. It is the standard comparative form of 'pleasant.'

Examples:

The weather today is more pleasant than yesterday.
I find her company more pleasant than his.

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There is nothing more pleasant than dinner with friends.
Your typing experience will surely change into something more pleasant.
Perfumes are liquids extracted from flowers, to give humans a more pleasant odour.
Of course, our guest is somewhat more pleasant than the serpent.
But now I'll talk about some more pleasant things.
Now... on to more pleasant things.
I can think of more pleasant topics.
I can think of more pleasant topics.
She's infinitely more pleasant to look at.
Of course, our guest is somewhat more pleasant than the serpent.
I find it much more pleasant doing business here.
I'm sure there are more pleasant cashiers.
I find it much more pleasant doing business here.
But of matters more pleasant - your accounts are healthy, your mine prospers.
We choose the more pleasant thing.
One choice is screaming agony, the other is much more pleasant.
The other one was more pleasant.
Alessandra and Alessio seek to advise you to stay even more pleasant.
The first stage is by far the more pleasant.
In contrast, apples are known to taste more pleasant after using toothpaste.

Alternatives:

nicer
more enjoyable
more agreeable
more delightful
more satisfying

pleasanter

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in comparison to 'more pleasant.' It is acceptable in informal contexts.

Use 'pleasanter' when comparing the degree of pleasantness informally. It is a valid comparative form of 'pleasant.'

Examples:

This hotel room is pleasanter than the one we stayed in last time.
I find her company pleasanter than his.

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ALGERNON.It is much pleasanter being here with you.
Of course I am, but there's no pleasanter feeling than of necessity.
Perhaps by and by I may remark that private balls are pleasanter than public ones...
Every virtue deliberately cultivated leads to a pleasanter rebirth.
Do you know, I believe that I've never seen a pleasanter man in all my life than Captain Wentworth.
The tenants of "Turning Torso", besides paying rents that are kept down (750 - 2000 Euros), will enjoy services for a pleasanter and richer life.
The country is a vast deal pleasanter than town, whatever you may say about it!
The Short Path makes life considerably pleasanter because you are supposed to make a 180 degree turn, putting your past behind you, looking first on the bright side, the sunny side, of your spiritual life.
In general an oil from the new harvest will certainly have a livelier, fresher and pleasanter perfume, colour and taste than an old oil.
Of course I am, but there's no pleasanter feeling than of necessity.
I just think it would be a whole lot pleasanter if a lot of people didn't get killed.
On the long course of evolution (which is still not complete), every migration has carried us towards newer and pleasanter regions.
In spite of these fascinating historical associations, it is pleasanter to enter Thessaly by the coastal road from Lamia to Volos, Via Almyros.
Whatever your choice, it can be made pleasanter thanks to the Wellness Centre, a delightful relaxation area with gym sauna, hydro-massage and automatic beds for shiatsu massages.
They are much pleasanter than the offerings of many of our competitors .
It would be hard to find a pleasanter resting-place for all eternity unless it be the hermitage of Citrella on Capri, where simultaneously the cholera victims of that island were buried.
Wouldn't it make it pleasanter for everyone?
By not making merry with us, I'm sure he loses pleasanter companions than he can find in his own thoughts, either in his moldy office or his dusty chambers.
But the fine old houses of Venetian Zante are gone, replaced by modern buildings, perhaps pleasanter to live in, but so infinitely less pleasing to the eye.
The process will be far easier and pleasanter when the power of light replaces the energy of fear.

Alternatives:

more pleasant
nicer
more enjoyable
more agreeable
more delightful

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