bantersome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by banter.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivebantersome (comparative more bantersome, superlative most bantersome)

comparative more bantersome · superlative most bantersome

  1. 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 19
    1 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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APA

bantersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bantersome

MLA

“bantersome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bantersome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bantersome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bantersome.

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