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Definition of Bantering
1. Adjective. Cleverly amusing in tone. "Tongue-in-cheek advice"
Similar to: Humorous, Humourous
Derivative terms: Facetiousness
Definition of Bantering
1. Noun. teasing ¹
2. Noun. joking ¹
3. Noun. jesting ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of banter) ¹
5. Adjective. That teases ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bantering
1. banter [v] - See also: banter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bantering
Literary usage of Bantering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anti-Methodist Publications Issued During the Eighteenth Century by Richard Green (1902)
"Another of " these malignant productions professed to have for its author the
most notorious quack of the age, Dr. Rock. The purport of this bantering tract ..."
2. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1864)
"... soft and musical, was playfully bantering and full of good-humoured archness.
"Of what was I thinking, dearest? ..."
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