raillery
Americannoun
plural
railleries-
good-humored ridicule; banter.
- Synonyms:
- pleasantry, chaff, badinage
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a bantering remark.
noun
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light-hearted satire or ridicule; banter
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an example of this, esp a bantering remark
Etymology
Origin of raillery
1645–55; < French raillerie, equivalent to Middle French raill ( er ) to rail 2 + -erie -ery
Example Sentences
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The first Shakespearean phrase I underlined during this period was “skirmish of wit,” about the raillery between Beatrice and Benedick, which inspired a lifelong expectation that romance must include snark.
From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2021
The roguery and raillery are in place, and he has a pleasing way with a song, but his instincts for clowning undermine his suavity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2019
Advertisement Advertisement Often, though, their teasing doesn’t feel different from the family raillery of many a sitcom.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2015
Old pals, they knew each other’s foibles and weaknesses all too well and exploited them in an ongoing raillery of inside jokes, ragging, and general good-natured BS.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013
I saw their eyes bespeaking confusion at this raillery, sorrow to hear our liberator mocked thus, and anxiety at what His Lordship’s uncertainty might mean.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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