Skip the pleasantries and get down to business.
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Pleasantries
Synonyms for "pleasantries" (11 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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Noun(3 words)
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Noun(5 words)
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8 entriescordial gesturecourtesy remarkgreetinglip serviceopening remarksmall talkstrained courtesysurface politeness
Collocations
6 entriesbrief pleasantriescasual pleasantriesexchange pleasantriesopening pleasantriespolite pleasantriesreciprocal pleasantries
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1 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
We exchanged pleasantries, and chatted cordially about news in the team, and he moved the conversation naturally on to the main topic.
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Ziri and Rima exchanged small pleasantries.
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He isn't a man to dwell on pleasantries.
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