Usually means: Teasing or mocking in jest.
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  1. raillery: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. raillery: Merriam-Webster
  3. raillery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. raillery: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. raillery: Collins English Dictionary
  6. raillery: Vocabulary.com
  7. Raillery, raillery: Wordnik
  8. raillery: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. raillery: Wiktionary
  10. raillery: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. raillery: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. raillery: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Raillery, raillery: Dictionary.com
  14. raillery: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Raillery: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. raillery: Rhymezone
  17. Raillery: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. raillery: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. raillery: FreeDictionary.org
  20. raillery: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. raillery: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. raillery: Legal dictionary

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  1. raillery: A Word A Day
  2. raillery: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  Good-natured banter, jest, or ridicule.

Similar:
banter, backchat, give-and-take, persiflage, rally, jesting, jocularity, badinage, chaff, gaggery, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, solemnity, earnestness

Types:
banter, jesting, teasing, ribbing, good-natured fun, more...

Adjectives:
natured, gentle, delicate, innocent, bitter, little, fine, much, humoured, playful, light

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Similar:
banter, backchat, give-and-take, persiflage, rally, jesting, jocularity, badinage, chaff, gaggery, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, solemnity, earnestness

Types:
banter, jesting, teasing, ribbing, good-natured fun, more...

Adjectives:
natured, gentle, delicate, innocent, bitter, little, fine, much, humoured, playful, light

Colors:
    lavender,     periwinkle,     lilac,     mauve,     blush, more...



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