| Apparently, it therefore equates to humorous ridicule in the general sense, or good-honoured raillery. |
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| How would one teach that poem to a future generation that had come to regard the word as a piece of raillery? |
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| There was laughter and raillery as he came aboard dripping, but Armand allowed the incident to be treated as a joke. |
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| Won't this type of biting raillery create enemies for you when it is published? |
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| 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. |
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| And so commences the raillery, at the expense of the grousing giant. |
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| The raillery of the two main characters lacks any real emotional context. |
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| Passions ran high as raillery at the religious orders, and attacks on collaborationist elites found expression in personal correspondence and in the press. |
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| Here is a novel of low comedy and high raillery. It's a lollapalooza that turns out to be a comic elegy for old-time radio. |
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| And an old Texas campaign proverb has it that all you will ever find in the middle of the road is a dead jack rabbit. To such raillery Mr Starr replies with a counter-jibe of his own. |
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| The raillery of the fool and his frequent ritual association with a mock king suggest that he may have originated as a sacrificial scapegoat substituted for a royal victim. |
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| He was brusque, authoritative, given to contradiction, rough though never dirty in his personal belongings, and inclined to indulge in a sort of quiet raillery. |
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| The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. |
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