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Waggishly

adverb
1.
In a waggish manner.






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"Waggishly" Quotes from Famous Books



... are in private, let's wanton it a little, and talk waggishly.—Sir John, I am telling sir Amorous here, that you two govern the ladies wherever you come; you carry the feminine gender ...
— Epicoene - Or, The Silent Woman • Ben Jonson

... She struck vaguely at him with her chubby little fist, which he waggishly took between his teeth in a gingerly ...
— Down the Ravine • Charles Egbert Craddock (real name: Murfree, Mary Noailles)

... of grandees, fine equipages, and footmen, brass bands, brilliant toilets, and wedding favours, asked how it was that Lord Kew did not assist at Barnes Newcome's marriage; other persons in society inquired waggishly why Jack Belsize was not present ...
— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray



Words linked to "Waggishly" :   waggish



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