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pleasantry
[ plez-uhn-tree ]
noun
- good-humored teasing; banter.
- a humorous or jesting remark.
- a courteous social remark used to initiate or facilitate a conversation:
to exchange pleasantries.
- a humorous action.
pleasantry
/ 藞辫濒蓻锄蓹苍迟谤瑟 /
noun
- often plural an agreeable or amusing remark, often one made in order to be polite
they exchanged pleasantries
- an agreeably humorous manner or style
- rare.enjoyment; pleasantness
a pleasantry of life
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pleasantry1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pleasantry1
Example Sentences
After some pleasantries, I explained that I couldn鈥檛 help with her moving boxes because I was about to conduct a highly sensitive business transaction.
In series two, we see how Lumon's disorientating, unforgiving corporate culture and its deceptive pleasantries affects those with power too.
They greeted each other with the clinking of their gold-coloured swords and exchanged pleasantries.
Normally, a band works its way up to the goosebump moments, but why waste time with pleasantries when we鈥檙e all neighbors here, right?
They shook hands, exchanged pleasantries, and Mother followed him to a doorway with a security camera.
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