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pleasantry 音标拼音: [pl'ɛzəntri] n. 幽默,开玩笑 幽默,开玩笑 pleasantry n 1: an agreeable or amusing remark; " they exchange pleasantries" 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. [ 1913 Webster] The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points of wit. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the world. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 132 Moby Thesaurus words for " pleasantry": Atticism, affability, agile wit, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amicability, aphorism, apothegm, 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, good- natured banter, goodliness, goodness, graciousness, happy thought, harmless teasing, harmoniousness, humor, humorousness, irony, jape, jest, jive, jocoseness, jocularity, joke, joking, josh, joshing, keen- wittedness, keenness, 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
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- PLEASANTRY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PLEASANTRY is a humorous act or remark : jest How to use pleasantry in a sentence
- PLEASANTRY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PLEASANTRY definition: 1 a polite and often slightly humorous remark, usually made to help other people feel relaxed: 2… Learn more
- PLEASANTRY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Pleasantry definition: good-humored teasing; banter See examples of PLEASANTRY used in a sentence
- pleasantry - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
pleasantry (countable and uncountable, plural pleasantries) (sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark
- pleasantry noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . .
Definition of pleasantry noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Pleasantry - definition of pleasantry by The Free Dictionary
pleasantry noun A courteous act or courteous acts that contribute to smoothness and ease in dealings and social relationships
- pleasantry, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun pleasantry, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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