Translations for „pleasantries“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

pleasantry [ˈplezəntri] N

1. pleasantry (funny remark):

pleasantry

żartobliwa uwaga f

2. pleasantry pl (polite remarks):

to exchange pleasantries

wymienić uprzejmości pl

Usage examples with pleasantries

to exchange pleasantries

wymienić uprzejmości pl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Her guiltless brand of selfish hedonism burns through the sluggish pleasantries of staff-room life like caustic soda in a blocked drain.

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There's very little messing around: no joking, chitchat or pleasantries.

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Most people can only talk pleasantries with the justices, who all develop a froideur an air of aloofness.

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Brash, aggressive, charmless and frequently menacing, he evinced little to none of the pleasantries such occasions usually engender.

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