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What (who) is RAILLERY - definition
raillery
['re?l?ri]
¦ noun (plural railleries) good-humoured teasing.
Origin
C17: from Fr. raillerie, from railler (see rail2).
Raillery
·noun Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
raillery
n.
Banter, irony, slight ridicule, good-humored satire, pleasantry, joke, satirical merriment, jesting language.
Examples of use of RAILLERY
1. "How far should we go, Karl?" joked Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter during one of many light–hearted moments of playful raillery at the hearings.