单词 | waggishly |
释义 | waggishlyadv. In a waggish manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [adverb] waggishly1616 archly1712 slyly1837 roguishly1863 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne v. i, in Wks. I. 587 Faith, now we are in priuate, let's wanton it a little, and talke waggishly . View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover ii. i. 18 in 3 New Playes (1655) I have observ'd him Waggishly witty. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xxxii. 122 One while waggishly smiling, another with a grave Mouth and ludicrous Eyes. 1781 F. Burney Let. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 351 She..rather waggishly asked me who wrote to me with so much elegant attention? 1831 W. Scott Jrnl. 19 Oct. (1946) 183 [He] used to say, waggishly, that there was nothing so accommodating as a naval captain on shore. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxxvi. 357 Other persons in society inquired waggishly why Jack Belsize was not present to give Lady Clara away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1616 |
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