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Definition of Pleasantry

Pleasantry
Pleasantry 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.

Meaning of Pleasantry from wikipedia

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- in the thief attacking him. He and the purse's owner, Lila exchange pleasantries. She later appears at his store. In their next encounter, Lila admits...
- “In fact, the good squire was a little too apt to indulge that kind of pleasantry which is generally called rhodomontade. . .” A 17th-century example of...
- 16 February 1766, Hume wrote to the Marquise de Brabantane: "The only pleasantry I permitted myself in connection with the pretended letter of the King...
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- acquaintances are thought to be close friends; politeness and the exchange of pleasantries are taken as expressions of deep attachment and the promise of ****ure...
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