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Definition of Cheekily
1. Adverb. In a brash cheeky manner. "Brashly, she asked for a rebate"
Definition of Cheekily
1. Adverb. In a cheeky or impudent manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheekily
1. cheeky [adv] - See also: cheeky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheekily
Literary usage of Cheekily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"They were \ in their places. But where was he himself? The time passed. The two
mice, careering wi scampered cheekily over his slippers. ..."
2. How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob August Riis (1890)
"... and the shrines of the Bend, Joss has cheekily planted his pagan worship of
idols, chief among which are the celestial worshipper's own gain and lusts. ..."
3. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"Here 's a fine mess you have left us below; Chilling our feet to the tips of our
toes; cheekily landing full pert on our nose; Jinking, slinking, ..."
4. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"said the Boy, cheekily. "That was an awfully—• ah ... ." It was no more than a
sigh; for the chief was a very clever swordsman, and he had been looking for ..."
5. Studies in Modern German Literature: Sundermann; Hauptmann; Women Writers of by Otto Heller (1905)
"... the " strong man " of the play, with his enormous chest expansion and dwarfed
conscience ? He cheekily poses as the Ubermensch, ..."
6. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies by John Burke, Bernard Burke (1844)
"HENRY IV. two sisters, NICHOLAS,/ the daughters of Hugh Malpas, of cheekily,*
and thus brought great estates into the family. RICHARD, the elder son, ..."
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