archness

Example Sentences

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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

Larsen’s feelings about Irene are embedded in her narrative choices and in her chilled reserve, in the archness of her tone and in winding sentences that seem fairly benign until the final telling clause.

From New York Times

The archness of Ivers’ portrayal smacks of a provincial acting teacher who has been relegated to performing in dusty college classrooms and on supermarket lines.

From Los Angeles Times