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Pleasantry Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pleasantry? [n] an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pleasantry: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pleasantry: affability \| agile wit \| agreeability \| agreeableness \| amenity \| amiability \| amicability \| aphorism \| apothegm \| Atticism \| badinage \| banter \| black humor \| bliss \| blissfulness \| bon mot \| boutade \| bright idea \| bright thought \| brilliance \| brilliant idea \| burlesque \| caricature \| chaff \| cleverness \| comedy \| compatibility \| complaisance \| conceit \| congeniality \| cordiality \| crack \| dry wit \| enjoyableness \| epigram \| esprit \| exchange \| facetiae \| facetiousness \| farce \| felicitousness \| flash of wit \| flight of wit \| fooling \| fooling around \| funniness \| geniality \| gibe \| give-and-take \| goodliness \| good-natured banter \| goodness \| graciousness \| happy thought \| harmless teasing \| harmoniousness \| humor \| humorousness \| irony \| jape \| jest \| jive \| jocoseness \| jocularity \| joke \| joking \| josh \| joshing \| keenness \| keen-wittedness \| kidding \| kidding around \| lampoon \| mellifluousness \| mellowness \| mot \| nasty crack \| niceness \| nimble wit \| nimble-wittedness \| parody \| persiflage \| play of wit \| pleasance \| pleasantness \| pleasingness \| pleasurability \| pleasurableness \| pleasure \| pleasurefulness \| pretty wit \| pungency \| quick wit \| quick-wittedness \| quip \| quips and cranks \| raillery \| rallying \| rapport \| ready wit \| repartee \| retort \| ridicule \| riposte \| sally \| salt \| saltiness \| sarcasm \| satire \| savor of wit \| scintillation \| sharpness \| slapstick \| slapstick humor \| smart crack \| smart saying \| smartness \| snappy comeback \| sport \| squib \| stroke of wit \| subtle wit \| sweetness \| travesty \| turn of thought \| twit \| visual humor \| welcomeness \| wisecrack \| wit \| witticism \| wittiness See Also \| jest \| jocularity \| joke Pleasantry In Webster's Dictionary \Pleas"ant*ry\, n.; pl. {Pleasantries}. [F. plaisanterie. See {Pleasant}.] That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage. The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points of wit. --Addison. The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the world. --Macaulay.

Pleasantry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pleasantry?

[n] an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pleasantry:

See Also | jest | jocularity | joke

Pleasantry In Webster's Dictionary

\Pleas"ant*ry\, n.; pl. {Pleasantries}. [F.
plaisanterie. See {Pleasant}.]
That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor;
cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable
playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark;
badinage.

      The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees
      and points of wit.                       --Addison.

      The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a
      finished man of the world.               --Macaulay.

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