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gibingly

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

With gibes; scornfully; jestingly.

Examples

“[…] 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.”
““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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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