Archly
['ɑːtʃlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) in_an_arch_manner; with playful slyness or roguishness.
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Definition
(adv.) In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.
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Examples
- But the next time Will came when Lydgate was away, she spoke archly about his not going to London as he had threatened. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If _any_ part could tempt _you_ to act, I suppose it would be Anhalt, observed the lady archly, after a short pause; for he is a clergyman, you know. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Elizabeth looked archly, and turned away. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I don't think I have,' said Mrs Boffin, archly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes; ay nap after dinner, said the mask archly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But perhaps it is not wholly because of you that I get gloomy, she archly added. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That's what you were running out of the room for, before dinner, then, so often,' said Mr. Pickwick archly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I have always admired her complexion, replied Emma, archly; but do not I remember the time when you found fault with her for being so pale? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Both, replied Elizabeth archly; for I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Doesn't it rather suggest,' said Mrs Lammle archly, 'that my Georgiana's little heart is--' 'Oh don't! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And then, when she yielded, Caroline would say archly, You will spoil me, mamma. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Osborne said archly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Let me see, said Mary, the corners of her mouth curling archly; I must go back on my experience. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The lady whom I had never seen before, lifted up her eyes and looked archly at me, and then I saw that the eyes were Estella's eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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