Translations for „pleasantries“ in the English » German Dictionary

pleas·ant·ry [ˈplezəntri] N usu pl

pleasantry

Kompliment nt

an exchange of pleasantries

ein Austausch von höflichen Floskeln [o. iron Artigkeiten]

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

an exchange of pleasantries

ein Austausch von höflichen Floskeln [o. iron Artigkeiten]

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

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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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