tauntingly, teasingly
(adverb) in a playfully teasing manner; “‘You hate things to be out of order, don’t you?’ she said teasingly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tauntingly (comparative more tauntingly, superlative most tauntingly)
In a taunting manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Taunt"ing*ly, adv.
Definition: In a taunting manner.
Taunt"ing, a. & n.
Definition: from Taunt, v. Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection. Burke.
Taunt, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L. tantus of such size, so great, so much.] (Naut.)
Definition: Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.
Taunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting.] Etym: [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See Tempt.]
Definition: To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak.
Syn.
– To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See Deride.
Taunt, n.
Definition: Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.