raillery
pronunciation
How to pronounce raillery in British English:
UK [ˈreɪləri]
How to pronounce raillery in American English:
US [ˈreləri]
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- Noun:
- light teasing repartee
Word Origin
- raillery (n.)
- "good-humored ridicule," 1650s, from rail (v.) + -ery, or perhaps from French raillerie, from Middle French railler "to tease" (see rail (v.1)).
Example
- 1. I shall now take them all for a raillery .
- 2. He was gifted , on occasion , with a gentle raillery , which almost always concealed a serious meaning .
- 3. There was a certain amount of raillery at basil 's expense .
- 4. Retorted passepartout , with an air of raillery .