Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a taunting manner; teasingly; with bitter and sarcastic words; jeeringly; scoffingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a taunting manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
taunting manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a playfully teasing manner
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Examples
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Blue Bonnet spying her called tauntingly: "Campers below!"
Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Edyth Ellerbeck Read 1924
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“Gra-ndfather!” the same voice called tauntingly outside the gates.
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Every dispute arising from our entangled neighborhood -- and these would be innumerable -- would be determined with an insolence and a cruelty far surpassing any thing which we have heretofore experienced; and at every manifestation of unwillingness on our part to submit, we should have the sword tauntingly thrown in the balance.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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"Gra-ndfather!" the same voice called tauntingly outside the gates.
The Witch and other stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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Now "-- tauntingly --" will you wait here whilst I bring the proof? "
April's Lady A Novel Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
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Ron tauntingly wonders how a political party could be so whiny after calling Obama a socialist and fascist -- and thinks that Obama's bully pulpit and sheer fiscal necessity mean that he will prevail "although it's unclear whether Eric Cantor and the Tea Party get that."
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now: Conservatives Play Defense on Debt Ceiling and Murdoch HuffPost Radio 2011
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Ron tauntingly wonders how a political party could be so whiny after calling Obama a socialist and fascist -- and thinks that Obama's bully pulpit and sheer fiscal necessity mean that he will prevail "although it's unclear whether Eric Cantor and the Tea Party get that."
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now: Conservatives Play Defense on Debt Ceiling and Murdoch HuffPost Radio 2011
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Ron tauntingly wonders how a political party could be so whiny after calling Obama a socialist and fascist -- and thinks that Obama's bully pulpit and sheer fiscal necessity mean that he will prevail "although it's unclear whether Eric Cantor and the Tea Party get that."
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now: Conservatives Play Defense on Debt Ceiling and Murdoch HuffPost Radio 2011
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Ron tauntingly wonders how a political party could be so whiny after calling Obama a socialist and fascist -- and thinks that Obama's bully pulpit and sheer fiscal necessity mean that he will prevail "although it's unclear whether Eric Cantor and the Tea Party get that."
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now: Conservatives Play Defense on Debt Ceiling and Murdoch HuffPost Radio 2011
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Ron tauntingly wonders how a political party could be so whiny after calling Obama a socialist and fascist -- and thinks that Obama's bully pulpit and sheer fiscal necessity mean that he will prevail "although it's unclear whether Eric Cantor and the Tea Party get that."
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now: Conservatives Play Defense on Debt Ceiling and Murdoch HuffPost Radio 2011
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