Pleasantry Definition

plĕzən-trē
pleasantries
noun
A humorous remark or action; joke.
Webster's New World
The quality or state of being pleasant, or playful, in conversation; jocularity.
Webster's New World
A polite social remark.
To exchange pleasantries.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Pleasantry

Noun

Singular:
pleasantry
Plural:
pleasantries

Origin of Pleasantry

  • French plaisanterie from Old French plesanterie from plaisant pleasant pleasant

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • pleasant +"Ž -ry

    From Wiktionary

Pleasantry Sentence Examples

  • Garrick brought to the meetings his inexhaustible pleasantry, his incomparable mimicry, and his consummate knowledge of stage effect.

  • Few of these papers have much interest; but among them was one of the best things that he ever wrote, a masterpiece both of reasoning and of satirical pleasantry, the review of Jenyns' Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil.

  • Soon the irresistible charm of a book which gratified the imagination of the reader with all the action and scenery of a fairy tale, which exercised his ingenuity by setting him to discover a multitude of curious analogies, which interested his feelings for human beings, frail like himself, and struggling with temptations from within and from without, which every moment drew a smile from him by some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry, and nevertheless left on his mind a sentiment of reverence for God and of sympathy for man, began to produce its effect.

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Words Starting With

PPLPLE

Words Ending With

YRYTRY

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Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

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