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What is the verb for teasingly?

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tease
  1. To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
  2. To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
  3. To back-comb.
  4. (transitive) To poke fun at.
  5. (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
  6. (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
  7. (transitive) To entice, to tempt.
  8. (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “His classmates have known him since kindergarten and do not tease him about his tics.”
      “He chuckled nervously as she began to tease him with her dance moves.”
teasing
teaseth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tease
teasest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of tease
teased
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tease
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Instead of being ragged and teased on all year like I was last year, I decided to bring just a few cassettes that I made over the summer.”
      “He only fought with real men who deserved it, not little boys who taunted and teased.”
      “Milton teased him with a clever low free-kick from outside the area that swished past the wall and out of reach at the near post.”
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