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comedy
Popular entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.
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  1. Popular entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.
  2. The writing, acting, or theoretical principles of this kind of drama
  3. A literary or cinematic work of a comic nature or that uses the themes or methods of comedy.
merriment
A state of enjoyable exuberance
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  1. A state of enjoyable exuberance
  2. High-spirited fun and enjoyment; hilarity.
  3. (Obs.) Something that amuses or entertains
game
The score accumulated at any given time in a game:
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  1. The score accumulated at any given time in a game:
  2. (Informal) Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior:
  3. Fair game
quip
A witty or, esp. formerly, sarcastic remark or reply; jest or gibe
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  1. A witty or, esp. formerly, sarcastic remark or reply; jest or gibe
  2. A clever, witty remark.
  3. Something curious or odd
jest
Something to be laughed at or joked about
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  1. Something to be laughed at or joked about
  2. A playful remark; a witticism or joke.
  3. A lighthearted action or mood; fun; joking
amenity
The courteous acts and pleasant manners of polite social behavior
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  1. The courteous acts and pleasant manners of polite social behavior
  2. Something that contributes to physical or material comfort:
  3. A feature that increases attractiveness or value, especially of a piece of real estate or a geographic location.
civility
A courteous act or utterance.
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  1. A courteous act or utterance.
  2. Courteous behavior; politeness.
  3. Politeness, esp. in a merely formal way
courtesy
(Uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
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  1. (Uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
  2. (Countable) A polite gesture or remark.
  3. (Uncountable) Polite behavior.
politeness
The quality of being polite.
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  1. The quality of being polite.
propriety
Conformity to conventional standards of behavior or morality.
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  1. Conformity to conventional standards of behavior or morality.
  2. (Obs.) Private property
  3. Conformity with accepted standards of proper manners or behavior
Find another word for pleasantry. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pleasantry, like: comedy, joking, merriment, game, quip, jest, humor, joke, amenity, civility and courtesy.

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  • Garrick brought to the meetings his inexhaustible pleasantry, his incomparable mimicry, and his consummate knowledge of stage effect.

  • Few of these papers have much interest; but among them was one of the best things that he ever wrote, a masterpiece both of reasoning and of satirical pleasantry, the review of Jenyns' Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil.

  • Soon the irresistible charm of a book which gratified the imagination of the reader with all the action and scenery of a fairy tale, which exercised his ingenuity by setting him to discover a multitude of curious analogies, which interested his feelings for human beings, frail like himself, and struggling with temptations from within and from without, which every moment drew a smile from him by some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry, and nevertheless left on his mind a sentiment of reverence for God and of sympathy for man, began to produce its effect.

  • pleasantry usually do not have time for such pleasantries.

  • pleasantry perhaps forgive me if I forego the usual pleasantries and get straight to the point ' .

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