gibingly

English

Etymology

gibing +‎ -ly

Adverb

gibingly (comparative more gibingly, superlative most gibingly)

With gibes; scornfully; jestingly.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
  […] but your loves,
  Thinking upon his services, took from you
  The apprehension of his present portance,
  Which most gibingly, ungravely, he did fashion
  After the inveterate hate he bears you.
- 1904, Rafael Sabatini, chapter 25, in The Tavern Knight‎:
  “You little fool!” he said half-angrily, half-gibingly; and thereafter they rode in silence - she too mortified with shame and anger to venture upon words.

References

“gibingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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