ribbingly

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adverb

Teasingly.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adverbribbingly (comparative more ribbingly, superlative most ribbingly)

comparative more ribbingly · superlative most ribbingly

  1. Teasingly.

    As the summer wound down, acquaintances and friends would ask ribbingly, “How’s your wall?”

    2024 July 15, Heidi Julavits, “I Put Up a Fence in Maine. Why Did It Cause Such a Fuss?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

From ribbing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

ribbingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribbingly

MLA

“ribbingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribbingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ribbingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribbingly.

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