teasingly

In a teasing way or manner.

Adverb

  1. 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:...

Origin

Etymology tree English teasing Middle English -ly English -ly English teasingly From teasing + -ly.

Forms

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