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pleasantry

/plez-uhn-tree/US // ˈplɛz ən tri //UK // (ˈplɛzəntrɪ) //

恳求,讨好,恳请,愉悦

Related Words

witticism俏皮话,妙语连珠,妙语如珠,幽默感repartee对答如流,反驳,对答,对话badinage坏消息,坏事,坏事儿,坏事做尽merriment欢乐,狂欢,欢乐气氛,欢乐活动humor幽默,幽默感,幽默风趣,幽默的quip打趣说,打趣地说,调侃,打趣话quirk诡异,诡计多端,诡辩,诡秘joke笑话,大笑话,大笑,闹笑话banter谑而不虐,戏谑,谐谑,逗趣wit智慧,诙谐,聪明人,聪明的人jest趣事,趣话,趣闻,趣谈sally莎莉,莎莉娅,莎士比亚,莎丽levity轻视,轻率,轻视性,轻率性squib压扁机,爆料,爆裂物,爆竹bon mot好主意,好消息,好话,好话说尽

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pleas·ant·ries.

    • : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounnice remark
Forms: pleasantries
Synonyms
repartee对答如流,反驳,对答,对话witticism俏皮话,妙语连珠,妙语如珠,幽默感badinage坏消息,坏事,坏事儿,坏事做尽banter谑而不虐,戏谑,谐谑,逗趣humor幽默,幽默感,幽默风趣,幽默的jest趣事,趣话,趣闻,趣谈joke笑话,大笑话,大笑,闹笑话levity轻视,轻率,轻视性,轻率性merriment欢乐,狂欢,欢乐气氛,欢乐活动quip打趣说,打趣地说,调侃,打趣话quirk诡异,诡计多端,诡辩,诡秘sally莎莉,莎莉娅,莎士比亚,莎丽squib压扁机,爆料,爆裂物,爆竹wit智慧,诙谐,聪明人,聪明的人bon mot好主意,好消息,好话,好话说尽joking说笑,玩笑,开玩笑的,说笑的

Examples

  • It wasn’t one of these pleasantry kinds of meetings whatsoever.

  • To start, he exchanged pleasantries with the boy before attempting to debunk his testimony.

  • The men exchanged pleasantries, Buzbee recalled, and then Buzbee made an offer.

  • I joined him and, after some pleasantries, raised the subject.

  • Vargas, suspecting the conversation would turn into a recruitment pitch, stopped responding after exchanging pleasantries.

  • But this pleasantry, excellent as pleasantry, hardly deserves serious refutation.

  • It is a continental form of pleasantry, and an artistic experiment in blasphemy which is taken seriously by the unwise.

  • She looked up with a sort of half smile, as if she suspected some pleasantry of which she had not yet detected the drift.

  • "I think there is no necessity for carrying a pleasantry into our private life," she said, in a perfectly amiable voice.

  • This was evidently local pleasantry, for the old man cackled over it, and his cronies joined in with gusto.

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