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banteringly

banteringly adverb: in a bantering manner.

Adverb

banteringly (comparative more banteringly, superlative most banteringly)

  1. In a bantering manner.
    • 'What? Have you found your treasure-trove, Ursula?' he asked banteringly, but looking with envious interest at the instinctive maternity of her sheltering arms.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 269
    • 'Now I shall have to dine by myself,' he continued, no longer banteringly.1954, Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenin, translated into English by Rosemary Edmonds

Forms of banteringly

comparativemore banteringly
superlativemost banteringly

Origin of banteringly

From bantering + -ly.

Questions about banteringly

What does banteringly mean?
Banteringly means in a bantering manner.
What part of speech is banteringly?
Banteringly is an adverb.

Words near banteringly in the dictionary

  1. banter
  2. bantered
  3. banterer
  4. banterers
  5. bantering
  6. banteringly
  7. banterings
  8. banterous
  9. banters
  10. bantersaurus rex
  11. Bantersaurus Rexes

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