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arch
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{adj}
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Definition:mischievous; roguish
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his youngest son, who sat next to him, an arch boy of about ten years old, took me up by the legs, and held me so high in the air, that I trembled every limb
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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She laughed one of her melodious, rippling, childlike laughs. "It must be pretty bad, mustn't it?" she asked archly, "or I should not have been so pleased to see you."
Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
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The lady whom I had never seen before, lifted up her eyes and looked archly at me, and then I saw that the eyes were Estella's eyes.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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“This is a matter that will be mended in due time,” I rejoined archly.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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there was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody;
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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She gave him an arch smile [...].
Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Reg Keeland translation), p.613 (2009)
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