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knowledge base to answer questions on control, management| 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. "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. |
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