Definition of raillery in English:

raillery

noun ˈreɪləriˈreɪləri

mass noun

Good-humoured teasing.
she was greeted with raillery from her fellow workers
Example sentencesExamples
- How would one teach that poem to a future generation that had come to regard the word as a piece of raillery?
- Apparently, it therefore equates to humorous ridicule in the general sense, or good-honoured raillery.
- Won't this type of biting raillery create enemies for you when it is published?
- The raillery of the two main characters lacks any real emotional context.
- The talking of the people was a sustained murmur from which now and then a few intelligible words escaped: a greeting, some bit of raillery, a reprimand to a horse, an oath.
- There was laughter and raillery as he came aboard dripping, but Armand allowed the incident to be treated as a joke.
- Passions ran high as raillery at the religious orders, and attacks on collaborationist elites found expression in personal correspondence and in the press.
- In all seriousness, and raillery aside, it was and is inspiring to know that a site like this can be so successful and have such a loyal following.
- And so commences the raillery, at the expense of the grousing giant.
- Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
- New Australians were treated with wary raillery.
Synonyms
teasing, good-humoured mockery, chaff, banter, ragging, badinage, japing
informal leg-pulling, ribbing, joshing, kidding, kidology
North American informal josh
rare persiflage

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French raillerie, from railler 'to rail' (see rail²).

Rhymes

nailery

Definition of raillery in US English:

raillery

nounˈrālərēˈreɪləri

Good-humored teasing.
she was greeted with raillery from her fellow workers
Example sentencesExamples
- How would one teach that poem to a future generation that had come to regard the word as a piece of raillery?
- And so commences the raillery, at the expense of the grousing giant.
- The talking of the people was a sustained murmur from which now and then a few intelligible words escaped: a greeting, some bit of raillery, a reprimand to a horse, an oath.
- The raillery of the two main characters lacks any real emotional context.
- Apparently, it therefore equates to humorous ridicule in the general sense, or good-honoured raillery.
- In all seriousness, and raillery aside, it was and is inspiring to know that a site like this can be so successful and have such a loyal following.
- Won't this type of biting raillery create enemies for you when it is published?
- Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
- New Australians were treated with wary raillery.
- There was laughter and raillery as he came aboard dripping, but Armand allowed the incident to be treated as a joke.
- Passions ran high as raillery at the religious orders, and attacks on collaborationist elites found expression in personal correspondence and in the press.
Synonyms
teasing, good-humoured mockery, chaff, banter, ragging, badinage, japing

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French raillerie, from railler ‘to rail’ (see rail).

单词	raillery
释义	Definition of raillery in English: raillery noun ˈreɪləriˈreɪləri mass noun Good-humoured teasing. she was greeted with raillery from her fellow workers Example sentencesExamples How would one teach that poem to a future generation that had come to regard the word as a piece of raillery? Apparently, it therefore equates to humorous ridicule in the general sense, or good-honoured raillery. Won't this type of biting raillery create enemies for you when it is published? The raillery of the two main characters lacks any real emotional context. The talking of the people was a sustained murmur from which now and then a few intelligible words escaped: a greeting, some bit of raillery, a reprimand to a horse, an oath. There was laughter and raillery as he came aboard dripping, but Armand allowed the incident to be treated as a joke. Passions ran high as raillery at the religious orders, and attacks on collaborationist elites found expression in personal correspondence and in the press. In all seriousness, and raillery aside, it was and is inspiring to know that a site like this can be so successful and have such a loyal following. And so commences the raillery, at the expense of the grousing giant. Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. New Australians were treated with wary raillery. Synonyms teasing, good-humoured mockery, chaff, banter, ragging, badinage, japing informal leg-pulling, ribbing, joshing, kidding, kidology North American informal josh rare persiflage Origin Mid 17th century: from French raillerie, from railler 'to rail' (see rail²). Rhymes nailery Definition of raillery in US English: raillery nounˈrālərēˈreɪləri Good-humored teasing. she was greeted with raillery from her fellow workers Example sentencesExamples How would one teach that poem to a future generation that had come to regard the word as a piece of raillery? And so commences the raillery, at the expense of the grousing giant. The talking of the people was a sustained murmur from which now and then a few intelligible words escaped: a greeting, some bit of raillery, a reprimand to a horse, an oath. The raillery of the two main characters lacks any real emotional context. Apparently, it therefore equates to humorous ridicule in the general sense, or good-honoured raillery. In all seriousness, and raillery aside, it was and is inspiring to know that a site like this can be so successful and have such a loyal following. Won't this type of biting raillery create enemies for you when it is published? Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. New Australians were treated with wary raillery. There was laughter and raillery as he came aboard dripping, but Armand allowed the incident to be treated as a joke. Passions ran high as raillery at the religious orders, and attacks on collaborationist elites found expression in personal correspondence and in the press. Synonyms teasing, good-humoured mockery, chaff, banter, ragging, badinage, japing Origin Mid 17th century: from French raillerie, from railler ‘to rail’ (see rail).
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