I. ˈplez ə ntrē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: French plaisanterie, from Middle French, from plaisant + -erie -ery — more at pleasant
1. : an agreeable playfulness in conversation : good-humored banter : facetiousness , jocularity
talked with fluency and spirit, and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner — Jane Austen
2. : a humorous act or speech : jest , joke
refused to be a party to the pleasantry — Ruth Park
3. archaic : pleasantness , pleasure
engaged in other matters of business or pleasantry — Edmund Burke
II. noun
: a polite social remark
exhanged pleasantries