ˈfad.ik, -atik, -ēk adjective
Etymology: Greek phatos spoken (from phanai to speak, say) + English -ic — more at ban
: employing or involving speech for the purpose of revealing or sharing feelings or establishing an atmosphere of sociability rather than for communicating ideas
greetings, bromides, phatic communion — I.A.Richards
indulged in a little phatic communion and were about to part — M.J.Maloney
transition from the symbolic level to the phatic — Arthur Minton
• phat·i·cal·ly -ə̇k(ə)lē, -ēk-, -li adverb