archly (Meaning)
archly (r)
in an arch manner; with playful slyness or roguishness
archly (adv.)
In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.
Synonyms & Antonyms of archly
Synonyms:
- extra
- passing
- good and
- vastly
- sore
- bone
- colossally
- wicked
- immensely
- such
- fabulously
- positively
- blisteringly
- real
- awfully
- mightily
- rattling
- hugely
- enormously
- deeply
- mortally
- thumping
- roaringly
- achingly
- specially
- deadly
- cracking
- exceeding
- a lot
- vitally
- utterly
- roaring
- whacking
- especially
- mighty
- surpassingly
- beastly
- awful
- significantly
- ever
- monstrous
- thoroughly
- that
- frightfully
- exceptionally
- totally
- sorely
- full
- eminently
- wholly
- supremely
- way
- uncommonly
- super
- exceedingly
- most
- absolutely
- particularly
- completely
- unco
- remarkably
- fantastically
- entirely
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- spanking
- corking
- plentifully
- amazingly
- obviously
- obscenely
- dang
- markedly
- right
- notably
- purely
- monumentally
- visibly
- as all get-out
- monstrously
- altogether
- overmuch
- discernibly
- filthy
- almighty
- astronomically
- excessively
- astonishingly
- considerably
- downright
- staggeringly
- fully
- substantially
- radically
- stinking
- noticeably
- grandly
- plainly
- majorly
- extensively
- profoundly
- flat-out
- palpably
- abundantly
- appreciably
Antonyms:
archly Sentence Examples
- She raised an eyebrow archly, silently questioning his motives.
- He grinned archly, fully aware of the mischief he was about to cause.
- "Oh, I see," she said archly, her tone dripping with sarcasm.
- The detective looked at the suspect archly, waiting for a response.
- "Well, aren't you the clever one," he remarked archly, impressed by her quick thinking.
- She spoke archly, knowing exactly how to push his buttons.
- "I suppose you have all the answers, then?" he asked archly, challenging her authority.
- The actress delivered her lines archly, adding depth to her character's cunning nature.
- He glanced at her archly, silently daring her to contradict him.
- "So, what's your excuse this time?" she inquired archly, her arms folded across her chest.
FAQs About the word archly
in an arch manner; with playful slyness or roguishnessIn an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.
terribly, severely, wildly, jolly, so, heavily, highly, too, intensely, damn
slightly, nominally, somewhat, little, nominally, little, slightly,somewhat, hardly, just
She raised an eyebrow archly, silently questioning his motives.
He grinned archly, fully aware of the mischief he was about to cause.
"Oh, I see," she said archly, her tone dripping with sarcasm.
The detective looked at the suspect archly, waiting for a response.
