ask teasingly
Frequency: 6.51.8 per million words
To inquire about something in a playful or mocking manner.
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- She asked him teasingly if he had a secret girlfriend.
- He would often ask his little sister teasingly about her imaginary friends.
- "Are you ever going to clean your room?" Mom asked teasingly.
- The interviewer asked the celebrity teasingly about their dating life.
- Don't ask him teasingly; he might get offended.
- She couldn't help but ask him teasingly about his embarrassing moment.
- His friends asked him teasingly if he was finally going to propose.
- They asked the new intern teasingly if she knew how to make coffee.
- Even though she knew the answer, she asked him teasingly what he was hiding.
- He asked her teasingly if she had finally learned to cook.