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kiddingly adverb informaluk /ˈkɪd.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈkɪd.ɪŋ.li/ in a way that is clearly intended to be a joke and not serious: People ask him kiddingly why a star like him would spend time in a place like this. “What do you think of my French?” he asked, kiddingly. “Perfect,” came the reply. He likes to say, kiddingly, that only a handful of people saw his early films. She suggested, half kiddingly, that they could do family counselling. Sam nudged Al in the ribs kiddingly. "Would you like to invest a couple of million?" SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Teasing chaff joke josh kid leg only joking!idiom pull someone's legidiom rag rag on someone raillery rib ribbing roast spoof standing joke tease teaser teasingly wind wind something up |