• Banteringly

    Origin

    bantering + -ly

    Full definition of banteringly

    Adverb

    banteringly

    1. In a bantering manner.1954, Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenin, translated into English by Rosemary Edmonds:
    2. 'Now I shall have to dine by myself,' he continued, no longer banteringly.
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