Definition of Raillery. Meaning of Raillery. Synonyms of Raillery

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Definition of Raillery

Raillery
Raillery Rail"ler*y (r[a^]l"l[~e]r*[y^] or r[=a]l"-; 277), n. [F. raillerie, fr. railler. See Rail to scoff.] Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment. Let raillery be without malice or heat. --B. Jonson. Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery. --Addison.

Meaning of Raillery from wikipedia

- there—purity of language, nobility of thought, solidity in reasoning, finesse in raillery, and throughout an agrément not to be found anywhere else." Pascal is arguably...
- ; in the Hours of Mercury: undertaking experiments relating to games, raillery jests, sports, etc. In the Days and Hours of the Moon: emb****ies, voyages...
- (Examples: bimetallism, cancellation, chancellor, crystallize, excellent, raillery, and tonsillitis.) All forms of English have compelled, excelling, propelled...
- or offend us in this unswerving discipline, we took their good-humoured raillery as our due when we failed in our rendering or overstepped the bounds; and...
- regions; Where, in the eighteen-penny gallery, Irish nymphs learn Irish raillery ... Swift's diatribe is in considerable contrast to the elegiac La Grisette...
- slightest deviation from his taste was severely censured by him. By means of raillery, a parody or caricature pla**** by him, whatever did not suit him at the...
- Achitophel: The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery … How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily? But how hard...
- Sujets, included dialogues covering "Conversation," "The Art of Speaking," "Raillery," "Invention," and "The Manner of Writing Letters." This text offers the...
- Dill – Clarence Kolb and Max Dill.[citation needed] In response to the raillery occasioned by the play, a "big advertising excursion" took place on Thursday...
- Khan' which is here quoted is outside all tolerant treatment, whether of raillery or of banter. It is difficult to attribute such false verdict to pure and...