1 in a way that is intended to make sb feel embarrassed, annoyed, etc:
'Maybe, you're just too old,' she said teasingly.
2 in a way that suggests sth and makes sb want to know more:
'I have no intention of selling my story...not yet, anyway,' he said teasingly.
3 in a way that is intended to make sb sexually excited:
She ran her hands teasingly over his shoulders.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for teasingly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is teasingly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, teasingly is tagged as adverb.
Does teasingly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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