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archly adverb uk /ˈɑːtʃ.li/ us /ˈɑːrtʃ.li/ in an amused way that suggests you know more about something than someone else does: 淘气地;调皮地 She smiled archly at him.她狡黠地对他笑了笑。 "I fail to understand what you're suggesting," said Claire archly.“我不明白你的意思,”克莱尔调皮地说。 See
arch He is archly amusing. We were cool and archly knowing when we were younger. She is sometimes silly and other times archly ironic. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Affected & insincere affectation affected affectedly artificial artificially forced forcedly fustian glib glibly piously ponce ponce about/around posey preciously sugary super-smooth superslick talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom theatricality |