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Webster 1913 Edition

Pleasantry

Pleas′ant-ry

,
Noun.
;
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.
The grave abound in
pleasantries
, the dull in repartees and points of wit.
Addison.
The keen observation and ironical
pleasantry
of a finished man of the world.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pleasantry

PLEASANTRY

,
Noun.
plez'antry. Gayety; merriment.
The harshness of reasoning is not a little softened and smoothed by the infusions of mirth and pleasantry.
1.
Sprightly saying; lively talk; effusion of humor.
The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points of wit.

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