It was then the custom, to prevent any coarse pleasantry which old times perhaps admitted, that the key of the nuptial chamber should be entrusted to the bridesman.
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Pleasantry
/ˈplɛzəntɹi/
Synonyms for "pleasantry" (144 found)
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Closest matches (29)
affabilityagile witagreeabilityagreeablenessamenityamiabilityamicabilityaphorismapothegmatticismbadinagebanterblack humorblissblissfulnessbon motboutadebright ideabright thoughtbrilliance
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Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (43)
compatibilitycomplaisanceconceitcongenialitycordialitycrackdry witenjoyablenessepigramespritexchangefacetiaefacetiousnessfarcefelicitousnessflash of witflight of witfoolingfooling aroundfunniness
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genialitygibegive-and-takegood-natured bantergoodlinessgoodnessgraciousnesshappy thoughtharmless teasingharmoniousnesshumorhumorousnessironyjapejestjivejocosenessjocularity
Noun(5 words)
Related words (72)
jokejokingjoshjoshingkeen-wittednesskeennesskiddingkidding aroundlampoonmellifluousnessmellownessmotnasty cracknicenessnimble witnimble-wittednessparodypersiflageplay of witpleasance
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pleasantnesspleasingnesspleasurabilitypleasurablenesspleasurepleasurefulnesspretty witpungencyquick witquick-wittednessquipquips and cranksrailleryrallyingrapportready witreparteeretortridiculeripostesallysaltsaltinesssarcasmsatiresavor of witscintillationsharpnessslapstickslapstick humorsmart cracksmart sayingsmartnesssnappy comebacksportsquibstroke of witsubtle witsweetnesstravestyturn of thoughttwitvisual humorwelcomenesswisecrackwitwitticismwittiness
Noun(4 words)
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More general
11 entriescommunicationconversationdiplomacyetiquettejestjocularityjokeprotocolsocial behaviorsocial ritualtalk
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9 entriesCollocations
6 entriescasual pleasantrycommon pleasantriesformal pleasantryopening pleasantrypolite pleasantrysocial pleasantries
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Some of these were letters expressing the name of the owner of all this extravagance; or the initials of various fair Roman dames, a very gallant pleasantry of young Pliny.
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Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.
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C.O.O: "The office was quite close to the home of our youth—" CHRM: "Thomas, your trip to Suitopia was not meant to be for pleasantries." C.O.O: "No… I know… But I was close by, so I went to visit them…" CHRM: "You should not have. You and I both know the way they are."
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