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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Pleasantry (0.02701 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Pleasantry.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pleasantry
pleasantry
n : an agreeable or amusing remark;
“they exchange pleasantries”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pleasantry
Pleasantry
\Pleas"ant*ry\, n.; 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.
[1913 Webster]
The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees
and points of wit. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a
finished man of the world. --Macaulay.
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