sparkishlyadv.
/ˈspɑːkɪʃli/ Like a spark or gallant; in a sparkish manner.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adverb] > in manner of member of
ladylike1594
sparkishly1676
fine-ladically1811
rakily1904
1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i. 3 Who..has adorn'd her baldness with a large white Fruz, that she may look sparkishly In the Fore Front of the Kings Box.
1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 183 The king of Naples answer'd sparkishly.
1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xlvi. 42 Each buttonhole and skirt and hem is seen Sparkishly edg'd with lace of yellow gold.
1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xi, in Writings I. 110 A young man sparkishly drest suddenly looked in.
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