a. [f. BANTER sb. + -Y1.] Full of banter or ‘chaff.’
1865. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., IV. II. iii. 54. Its wit is very copious, but slashy, bantery. Ibid. (1867), Remin., II. 51. Cooing, bantery, lovingly quizzical.
a. [f. BANTER sb. + -Y1.] Full of banter or ‘chaff.’
1865. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., IV. II. iii. 54. Its wit is very copious, but slashy, bantery. Ibid. (1867), Remin., II. 51. Cooing, bantery, lovingly quizzical.
