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rakishly

rakishly adverb: in a rakish manner.

Adverb

rakishly (comparative more rakishly, superlative most rakishly)

  1. In a rakish manner.
    • The stair carpets are hanging on lines in the back garden, and Susanna, with her cap rakishly on one side, is always to be seen polishing the stair rods.1898, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 8, in Penelope’s Progress […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC
    • Wearing a suit the colour of a London bus, a rakishly tilted flat cap and carrying a walking cane, he resembles an eccentric country squire out for a ramble: the Day Tripper.2005, Dorian Lynskey, Dr John: Barbican, London, in: The Guardian, January 13 2005

Forms of rakishly

comparativemore rakishly
superlativemost rakishly

Origin of rakishly

From rakish + -ly.

Questions about rakishly

What does rakishly mean?
Rakishly means in a rakish manner.
What part of speech is rakishly?
Rakishly is an adverb.

Words near rakishly in the dictionary

  1. raking up
  2. rakingly
  3. rakings
  4. rakis
  5. rakish
  6. rakishly
  7. rakishness
  8. Rakka
  9. Rakkah
  10. Rakoczy
  11. Rakoczys

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