Rakishly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a rakish manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From rakish + -ly.

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