archly

Adverb

Meaning

In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jolly way right full real ever corking most especially particularly extremely greatly heavily really badly
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Antonyms

just rather little slightly somewhat fairly
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Examples

If “House of Cards” diminished our tolerance for archly clever protagonists who break the fourth wall, “Fleabag” and “Chewing Gum” redeem the trope, with jokes so sharp and exacting that they register as a shock. Source: Internet

"With the possible exception of Tom Wolfe and Maureen Dowd's, Christopher Hitchens' marvelous byline is the most archly kinetic in current-day American letters. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

archlike archlute archlutist archmage archmagician Archman