Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a rallying, bantering, or quizzical manner.
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- adverb So as to
rally ;teasingly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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‘Look at him,’ cries Jasper, stretching out his hand admiringly and tenderly, though rallyingly too.
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"Dear me," she said, rallyingly, 'you and I are in similar case, sweet.
The Frozen Heart Cassidy, Laura 1995
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Simon laughed, shaking him rallyingly in the arm that circled his shoulders.
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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Simon laughed, shaking him rallyingly in the arm that circled his shoulders.
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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"Are there, then, no banks with drafts, or notes of post in Killamet?" rallyingly.
Sara, a Princess Fannie E. Newberry
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"Miss Heath," said Mr. McLean, rallyingly, "you received a great many of the sable shafts."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Various
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"You should never put heather and gall together," I said to her, rallyingly.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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"Look at him," cries Jasper, stretching out his hand admiringly and tenderly, though rallyingly too.
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"Oh, I know that face: I know that look," Lady Busshe affected to remark rallyingly: "it is not the first time I have seen it."
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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"Oh, I know that face: I know that look," Lady Busshe affected to remark rallyingly: "it is not the first time I have seen it."
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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