Crossword-Solution: PLEASANTRY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pleasantry | n. | That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage. |
We have 35 clues for the answer “PLEASANTRY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A jest. | 1 answer |
| "That dress suits you," e.g. | 1 answer |
| Witticism or banter | 1 answer |
| An agreeable remark | 1 answer |
| Polite social remark | 1 answer |
| Humorous remark | 4 answers |
| comicality | 7 answers |
| comity | 10 answers |
| Wordplay | 11 answers |
| flippancy | 24 answers |
| Comedy __ | 38 answers |
| cartoon | 38 answers |
| waggery | 39 answers |
| facetiousness | 40 answers |
| joviality | 44 answers |
| Travesty | 44 answers |
| Mockery | 45 answers |
| Parody | 47 answers |
| Satire | 47 answers |
| Spoof | 49 answers |
| Banter | 53 answers |
| Farce | 53 answers |
| Raillery | 55 answers |
| Burlesque | 55 answers |
| Wit | 56 answers |
| Recreation | 57 answers |
| caricature | 59 answers |
| Gladness | 60 answers |
| wittiness | 60 answers |
| Jest | 64 answers |
| Joking | 66 answers |
| AMUSEMENT ___ | 72 answers |
| Piece | 74 answers |
| Frolic | 77 answers |
| Show | 106 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
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discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
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Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PLEASANTRY (5)
The form of bicycle he rode long ago became antiquated, but in the humor of his pleasantry is a quality which does not grow old.
And these are not the only evils, I said--there are several lesser ones: In such a state of society the master fears and flatters his scholars, and the scholars despise their masters and tutors; young and old are all alike; and the young man is on a level with the old, and is ready to compete with him in word or deed; and old men condescend to the young and are full of pleasantry and gaiety; they are loth to be thought morose and authoritative, and therefore they adopt the manners of the young.
Corey," replied Miss Kingsbury; "but we reflected that he probably wouldn't talk with them at all; he would make them keep still to be sketched, and forget all about their wants." Upon the theory that this was a fair return for Corey's pleasantry, the others laughed again.
Other overseers, how brutal soever they might be, were, at times, inclined to gain favor with the slaves, by indulging a little pleasantry; but Gore was never known to be guilty of any such weakness.
One day, however, a deaf and seemingly senseless lad from a distant village brought him a belated telegram; and Glengyle, in his acrid pleasantry, gave him a new farthing.
Quotes with PLEASANTRY (3)
She gave up trying to understand herself, and the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march to their destiny by catch-words. The armies are full of pleasant and pious folk. But they have yielded to the only enemy that matters — the enemy within. They have sinned against passion and truth, and vain will be their strife after virtue. As the years pass, they are censured. Their pleasantry and their piety show cracks, their wit becomes cy…
The heart under your heart is not the one you shareso readily so full of pleasantry & tendernessit is a single blackberry at the heart of a brambleor else some larger fruit heavy the size of a fist
The Eternal Smiler strode forth, handing her one, as well. I considered the psychology behind her smile and formed the conclusion that, despite its obvious coating of pleasantry, it was an understandable psychological decision.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1952–2008).