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cheekily

cheekily adverb: in a cheeky or impudent manner.

Adverb

cheekily (comparative more cheekily, superlative most cheekily)

  1. In a cheeky or impudent manner.
    • The time passed. The two mice, careering wildly, scampered cheekily over his slippers. He had not moved a muscle.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 15”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
    • Now, Vimeo user Alejandro Prullansky has compiled a super cut of Anderson's slo-mo shots from across the director's filmography, charmingly – and maybe a tad cheekily – set to The Shins' "New Slang."2014 January 9, Jon Blistein, “Watch a Supercut of Wes Anderson's Slow-Motion Scenes”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2014

Forms of cheekily

comparativemore cheekily
superlativemost cheekily

Origin of cheekily

From cheeky + -ly.

Questions about cheekily

What does cheekily mean?
Cheekily means in a cheeky or impudent manner.
What part of speech is cheekily?
Cheekily is an adverb.

Words near cheekily in the dictionary

  1. cheekguards
  2. cheekie
  3. cheekier
  4. cheekies
  5. cheekiest
  6. cheekily
  7. cheekiness
  8. cheekinesses
  9. cheeking
  10. cheeking it out
  11. cheeking it through

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