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Hhtt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

ask archly

"You wanna draw me? she asked archly. Okay, I pose for you. I show you all I got. Everyteeng. Ten dahlair."

Above conversation is from the book Second Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders.

In the above what does "ask archly" mean?

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hhtt archly It's in the dictionary! archly: with playful slyness or roguishness CJ

— CalifJim

  • hhtt archly It's in the dictionary!
  • archly: with playful slyness or roguishness CJ
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hhttarchly
It's in the dictionary!

archly: with playful slyness or roguishness

CJ
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ask in a deliberately teasing manner
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CalifJim hhttarchlyIt's in the dictionary!archly: with playful slyness or roguishnessCJ
but it is a complex definition too.

Thank you.
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hhttbut it is a complex definition too.
Rarely used words usually have complex definitions.
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hhttbut it is a complex definition too.
Right. Now you have to find the meanings of 'slyness' and 'roguishness'. And there you'll find more words to look up. It never ends, does it?
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