Bantering
['bæntərɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) cleverly amusing in tone; 'a bantering tone'; 'facetious remarks'; 'tongue-in-cheek advice' .
Checked by Aida--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banter
Typist: Molly
Examples
- Sophronia, my love,' her husband repeated in a bantering manner, 'you hear? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had assumed a bantering air: a light, half-caressing, half-ironicshone aslant in his eye. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I got but one flash of sheet lightning in the shape of a single bantering smile from his eyes; and then he said, Courage! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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