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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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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