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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Raillery

/(răl"lẽr*y̆ [or] rāl"-; 277)/ · Rail·ler·y · IPA /ˈɹeɪləɹi/
01 n. Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
  1. 1.
    Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
    “Let raillery be without malice or heat.” B. Jonson.
    “Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery.” Addison.