Teasingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a playfully teasing manner wordnet

Synonyms

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tauntinglytauntingly

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"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."

Etymology

From teasing + -ly.

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