chaff
noun
the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
chaffingly
-
a word derived from
chaff.
Example Sentences
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The day before we had greeted him and chaffingly admonished him to marry them well.
From Jungle Peace by William Beebe
“Oh, spirits?” exclaimed the other man chaffingly, thinking he was going to pull Mick’s leg a bit.
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene
Neville told her, chaffingly, that she was a mass of prejudice.
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
One or two offered chaffingly to come out and search for me if I shouldn't return before midnight; and a volley of facetious warnings followed me out upon the calm sea.
From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"And yet Mamma wore dresses that cost six hundred francs," said Addie, chaffingly.
From Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus
