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archly, adv.|ˈɑːtʃlɪ|
[f. arch a. + -ly2.]
In an arch manner; cleverly, waggishly; with good-humoured slyness or sauciness.
1662More Antid. Ath. i. viii. (1712) 147 Not wittily or archly feign'd, to amuse withal. 1732Mrs. Delany Autobiog. (1861) I. 394 [He] played his part very archly; he is a comical spark. 1858Longfellow M. Standish iii. 153 Archly the maiden smiled. 1863Kinglake Crimea III. i. 81 He archly resolved to have the meaning..expanded into plain French. |