Cakily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a caky way.

    "From what I remember now of those girls, all with their hair rolled on top of their heads, their lips darkly painted, their cheeks cakily powdered […]"

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"From what I remember now of those girls, all with their hair rolled on top of their heads, their lips darkly painted, their cheeks cakily powdered […]"

Etymology

From caky + -ly.

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