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waggishly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English waggish Middle English -ly English -ly English waggishly From waggish + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a waggish manner.
   • "Who was ahead?" Leper smiled waggishly. "I couldn't see that...." 1959, John Knowles, chapter 11, in A Separate Peace:
   • ‘Doctor,’ says I, looking waggishly at him, ‘do you know ever a rhyme for Aristotle?’ ‘Port, if you plaise,’ says Mr. Goldsmith, laughing. And we had six rhymes for Aristotle before we left the coffee-house that evening. 1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “My Pedigree and Family.—Undergo the Influence of the Tender Passion.”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 14:

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