archness
Example Sentences
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She is played with archness and authority and hip-swinging sass, shot through with vulnerability, by Clare Perkins, who has traded in those red stockings for a cold-shoulder dress and some very high heels.
From New York Times
Now, they are buzzing with memes, videos and messages of congratulation, but also a strain of sceptical archness.
From BBC
Throughout “Assembly,” Newsome teases the lines between sincerity, archness and coded critique.
From New York Times
It’s that when she focuses instead on her own writing, and shifts away some from straight-on modern jazz, she also softens the archness and the neatness of her delivery.
From New York Times
All the chapter titles end in “y,” adding to a general mood of effervescent archness.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.