banteringly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English bantering Middle English -ly English -ly English banteringly From bantering + -ly.

1. In a bantering manner.

   “'What? Have you found your treasure-trove, Ursula?' he asked banteringly, but looking with envious interest at the instinctive maternity of her sheltering arms.”

   “'Now I shall have to dine by myself,' he continued, no longer banteringly.”