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gibingly

adverb

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adv

Etymology: From gibing + -ly.

  1. With gibes; scornfully; jestingly.

    […] but your loves, Thinking upon his services, took from you The apprehension of his present portance, Which most gibingly, ungravely, he did fashion After the inveterate hate he bears you.

    “You little fool!” he said half-angrily, half-gibingly; and thereafter they rode in silence - she too mortified with shame and anger to venture upon words.