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pleasantries

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pleas·ant·ry  (plzn-tr)
n. pl. pleas·ant·ries
1. A humorous remark or act; a jest.
2. A polite social utterance; a civility: exchanged pleasantries before getting down to business.
3. A good-humored or playful manner in conversation or social relations.
[French plaisanterie, from Old French plesanterie, from plaisant, pleasant; see pleasant.]
Translations
pleasantries [ˈplɛzntrɪz] npl (= polite remarks) → cortesías fpl;
to exchange pleasantries → conversar amablemente
pleasantries [ˈplɛzntrɪz] pleasant npl → Höflichkeiten pl, Nettigkeiten pl


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These bitter-sweet pleasantries lasted ten minutes, sometimes longer, but always finished thus:
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A certain number of pleasantries were exchanged in the broad, slow accent of the Isle of Thanet, and there was uproarious laughter at the sallies of the local wag.
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That it was not of an oppressively grave character, but was enlivened by various pleasantries arising out of the subject, was clear from their loud and frequent roars of laughter, which startled Barnaby on his post, and made him wonder at their levity.
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