teasingly

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English

Etymology

From teasing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

teasingly (comparative more teasingly, superlative most teasingly)

  1. In a teasing way or manner.
    • 1977 December 31, Lisa Nussbaum, “Jacqui Mac: Bringing Her Dreams Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 10:
      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.