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单词 pleasantry
释义 pleas·ant·ry
I. \ˈplezəntrē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: French plaisanterie, from Middle French, from plaisant + -erie -ery — more at pleasant
1. : an agreeable playfulness in conversation : good-humored banter : facetiousness, jocularity
 < talked with fluency and spirit, and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner — Jane Austen >
2. : a humorous act or speech : jest, joke
 < refused to be a party to the pleasantry — Ruth Park >
3. archaic : pleasantness, pleasure
 < engaged in other matters of business or pleasantry — Edmund Burke >
II. noun
: a polite social remark
 < exhanged pleasantries >
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