pleasantries

Variant of pleasantry

pleasantry definition

pleas·ant·ry (plez′ən trē)

noun pl. pleasantries -·ries

  1. the quality or state of being pleasant, or playful, in conversation; jocularity
    1. a humorous remark or action; joke
    2. a polite social remark to exchange pleasantries

Etymology: Fr plaisanterie

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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