tauntingly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tauntingly in the English»French Dictionary

tauntingly [Brit ˈtɔːntɪŋli, Am ˈtɔn(t)ɪŋli] ADV

tauntingly speak, criticize

d'un ton railleur

tauntingly stare, smile

d'un air railleur

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Whenever you hit the snooze button, the clock would rise tauntingly higher into the air until you just had to get up.

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It evoked a blend of infuriation, frustration and -- almost tauntingly -- a glimmer of optimism.

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Such was this disease's sinisterness, it cherry-picked at her flesh and muscle, while tauntingly leaving her mental capacity intact until it too could no longer operate on broken down machinery.

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Here, elected women representatives are tauntingly referred to as the biwi (wife) brigade for serving as mere proxies for their powerful husbands.

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The attitude the post exhibits is far from tauntingly humourous - despite the author's clear intention to make out that they're goading from a position of laughable righteousness...

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They wave tauntingly in the summer breeze.

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Music swells as police proudly and tauntingly don gas masks and helmets, before charging out at fleeing marchers shrouded in thickening smoke.

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