impishly

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adv Freq #302304

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in an appealing but bold manner

    They impishly asked to come in.

  2. 2
    adv

    In an impish manner; mischievously.

    She was one of those elfin, rather precocious little girls, quick coloured, with dark hair, naturally curling dusky hair that was sometimes astray over her eyes, and eyes that were sometimes impishly dark, and sometimes a clear brown yellow.

Etymology

From impish + -ly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in an appealing but bold... puckishly
2 adv · in an impish manner;... puckishly

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