impishly
impishly adverb: in an impish manner; mischievously.
Adverb
impishly (comparative more impishly, superlative most impishly)
- 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.1908, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Of Bladesover House, and My Mother; and the Constitution of Society”, in Tono-Bungay […], Toronto, Ont.: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd., →OCLC, 1st book (The...
- Most of the crumbs drop on the red plush of the seat, and the woman sighs and tries to brush them away, but they leap up impishly and fall back on the plush.1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- puckishly
impishly meaning in Urdu
impishly in Urdu
- شرارتن
Examples of impishly in a sentence
- To my astonishment, she was grinning impishly.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 120:
- In my favorite Meta A.I. ad, a woman tells her boyfriend that she’s excited to have him meet her parents — before impishly mentioning that her father is a thermodynamicist at NASA. […]2025 June 25, Ismail Muhammad, “Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?”, in The New York Times Magazine, →ISSN, archived...
Synonyms of impishly
Forms of impishly
| comparative | more impishly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most impishly |
Origin of impishly
From impish + -ly.
Questions about impishly
- What does impishly mean?
- Impishly means in an impish manner; mischievously.
- What is impishly in Urdu?
- Impishly in Urdu is شرارتن. See Impishly meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use impishly in a sentence?
- To my astonishment, she was grinning impishly.
- What part of speech is impishly?
- Impishly is an adverb.
Words near impishly in the dictionary
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