archly en · ADV · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- ärch′-lē
- /ˈɑɹt͡ʃ.li/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree English arch Middle English -ly English -ly English archly From arch + -ly.
Meanings
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In an arch manner; slyly.
Phoebe lay down by me, and ask'd me archly if, now that I had seen the enemy, and fully considered him, I was still afraid of him?
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:Though he intends it destructively, Rothbard is right that there are relations between the millennial hope for justice he archly calls KGE—Kingdom of God on Earth—and communism.
2022, China Miéville, chapter 6, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more archly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most archly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
ca maliciosament (in an arch manner) · pl łobuzersko (in an arch manner) · pt maliciosamente (in an arch manner) · it maliziosamente (in an arch manner) · el χαιρέκακα (in an arch manner) · eo malice (in an arch manner) · de schlau (in an arch manner) · ka კეკლუცად (in an arch manner) · ka თამამად (in an arch manner) · de verschmitzt (in an arch manner) · mg ankasomparana (in an arch manner) · fr malicieusement (in an arch manner) · es maliciosamente (in an arch manner)