saucily
saucily adverb: in a saucy manner; impudently or impertinently.
Adverb
saucily (comparative more saucily, superlative most saucily)
- In a saucy manner; impudently or impertinently.
- She walked off saucily and I watched, entranced, until she turned the corner; then I ran after her to ask her for a date.
- The Clown put his hands in his pockets, and after puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at them saucily he said, “My lady fair, / Why do you stare / At poor old Mr. Joker? / You’re quite as stiff / And prim as if / You’d eaten up a poker!”1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Dainty China Country”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 232
Forms of saucily
| comparative | more saucily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most saucily |
Origin of saucily
From saucy + -ly.
Questions about saucily
- What does saucily mean?
- Saucily means in a saucy manner; impudently or impertinently.
- What part of speech is saucily?
- Saucily is an adverb.
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