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pleasantries |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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