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US
/ˈbæntɝɪŋ/
]
[ UK /bˈɑːntəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /bˈɑːntəɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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cleverly amusing in tone
tongue-in-cheek advice
facetious remarks
a bantering tone
How To Use bantering In A Sentence
- Eh, Brother, don't you mean any and all capitalist running dogs are smelly, of which the Noble House and the House of Chen are chief and dung heavy?" he said banteringly. Noble House
- They take a pride and pleasure in bantering all mankind; they are pests of the country, for they neither fear God nor regard man. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- His glittering eyes rested for a moment in bantering triumph on CHAPTER XV
- Read McAlister's Fortune by Alissa Johnson, very good, part road romance with just the two together and the witty bantering. Friday Book Club
- She tried to pretend she didn't know what he meant, but his bantering tone had been deceptive.
- I loved Logan and Veronica's friendship and their bantering was always perfect. Win VERONICA MARS Season 3 on DVD | the TV addict
- On the face of it, the ad for Belvita breakfast biscuits seems pretty elementary, with two vaguely faded celebs – Lisa Snowdon and Johnny Vaughan, palpably wondering where those halcyon Big Breakfast days went – bantering about the product, in this case an oaty, grainy biscuitty thing. The Hard Sell: Belvita Breakfast Biscuits
- That evening we had a fantastic time, drinking dem pints, bantering away and swapping experiences.
- “Ah! my dear, I am afraid you and your monk are wasting your powder,” said Prince Andrew banteringly yet tenderly. War and Peace
- He spoke in the bantering tone which had become the habitual expression of his tenderness; but his eyes softened as they absorbed in a last glance the glimmering submarine light of the ancient grove, through which Undine's figure wavered nereid-like above him. The Custom of the Country