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comparative more bantersome · superlative most bantersome
- Characterised or marked by banter.
He was less bantersome by the weekend, threatening after one burst of shouts to hold Tonahill in contempt.
1964, Newsweek, volume 63, page 191 more example
At that time, Saro-Wiwa was locked in a critical and somewhat bantersome exchange with fellow writer and critic, Odia Ofeimun.
1998, Abdul Rasheed Naʼallah, Ogoni's Agonies, page 187
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bantersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bantersome
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