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cheekily

adv

Etymology

From cheeky + -ly.

  1. derived from *ǵyewh₁-✻ — “to chew”
  2. inherited from *kēkǭ✻
  3. inherited from *kākā✻
  4. inherited from ċēce
  5. inherited from cheeke
  6. suffixed as cheeky — “cheek + y”
  7. suffixed as cheekily — “cheeky + -ly”

Definitions

  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.
    • 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."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA