Meanings
adverbteasingly (comparative more teasingly, superlative most teasingly)
comparative more teasingly · superlative most teasingly
- In a teasing way or manner.
One cannot help but notice a teasingly elusive air about her, as if she were a butterfly that refused to light and fluttered just out of reach of its would-be captor.
1977 December 31, Lisa Nussbaum, “Jacqui Mac: Bringing Her Dreams Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 10
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a playfully teasing manner
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Translations
Esperanto petole
- petolein a teasing way
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