To say or do in return; make a reply; answer.
What did you reply? – The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Henry Harland
To all that her friend could say, she had but one reply to make- " It is too late now!" – Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them by T. S. Arthur
" That may be," was the reply. – The Childerbridge Mystery by Guy Boothby