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How to use pleasantry in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Pleasantry means a casual, courteous remark. Example: “I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.”

More sentences with pleasantry

  • I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.From the entry dispense with
  • You can see the Arabs mood change to pleasantry as soon as the "TREE" sighting is made.2012 December 8, petzl, “Moslems stop Christmass festivities in Campbelltown Shopping Centre”, in aus.politics (Usenet). From the entry Christmas's tree
  • First comes the “pool spray,” where the two leaders exchange pleasantries before the cameras.2010 November 13, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Reporter’s Notebook: Heartfelt Moments on an Up-and-Down Global Trip”, in New York Times…. From the entry pool spray
  • In the Aspergian world, conversations are exchanges of information, not exchanges of pleasantries.2009, Masha Gessen, Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century, Houghton Mifflin, published 2009, →ISBN…. From the entry Aspergian
  • Rebecca was all smiles and giggly as she watched her mother exchange pleasantries with me.2009, Presentacion Valenzuela, Afterglow, page 94. From the entry smiles and giggly
  • Yes yes, forgive a young woman her flirtatious pleasantries.2013, Kazerad, Gaius: Fail to tremble with fear, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 08 2013. From the entry flirtatious
  • The stories connected with him, his son Jaya, also a playactor ("Jayanata), and the latter's wife Vidyutprabhā are probably baseless pleasantry.1963, Sukumar Sen Halāyudhamiśra, Sekasubhodaya of Halāyudha Miśra: Translated Into English and Edited with Notes and Introduction, page xv. From the entry playactor
  • Later that month, the principal called me into his office, offered some pleasantries and a Co'-Cola, then asked: “Son, are you a subversive?”2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 286. From the entry Co-Cola
  • Charlie had tipped back his chair, thrown back his head and was ha-haing at some pleasantry uttered by the man with the hay-colored hair.1932, Catharine Brody, Nobody Starves, page 45. From the entry ha-ha
  • Mere acquaintances are thought to be close friends; politeness and the exchange of pleasantries are taken as expressions of deep attachment and the promise of future support.1982 October 1, Fred H. Goldner, “Pronoia”, in Social Problems, volume 30, number 1, Berkeley, Calif.: Published by the University of…. From the entry pronoia
  • You enter what they call the world’s quietest room, and it greets you, not with pleasantries but with the full force of silence, where silence itself becomes a palpable presence.2026 June 29, A. S. Bariwch, The Senses: Perception and Experience (Cambridge Elements: Elements in Philosophy of Mind), Cambridge…. From the entry quietude

Meaning of pleasantry

  1. noun A casual, courteous remark.
  2. noun A playful remark; a jest.
  3. noun Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.

Full definition of pleasantry

Questions about pleasantry in a sentence

How do you use pleasantry in a sentence?
Pleasantry is used as a noun. For example: “I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.”
What is a short sentence with pleasantry?
“Yes yes, forgive a young woman her flirtatious pleasantries.”
What does pleasantry mean?
Pleasantry means a casual, courteous remark.

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