banter
noun
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
banteringly
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a word derived from
banter.
Example Sentences
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Rage At Nonohay, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, natives and their families danced rustically last week; banteringly told one Lieut.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time the President, obviously delighted by the boy's recovery, told him banteringly: "You didn't pay me much mind when I came to see you last October."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Now you're arguing politics," the first voice said banteringly.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
“Now, boy,” he said banteringly, “don’t you go up there and fall into that lake.”
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
He spoke banteringly, with a laugh, but something in his voice told her that he was far more in earnest than his manner indicated.
From The Brute by Frederic Arnold Kummer
