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teasingly - v. & n. --v.tr. (also absol.)
1 a make fun of (a person or animal) playfully or unkindly or annoyingly. b tempt or allure, esp. sexually, while refusing to satisfy the desire aroused.
2 pick (wool, hair, etc.) into separate fibres.
3 dress (cloth) esp. with teasels. --n. 1 colloq. a person fond of teasing.
2 an instance of teasing (it was only a tease). tease out separate by disentangling. teasingly adv. [OE tósan f. WG] |
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