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COQUETTISHLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coquettishly mean?
• COQUETTISHLY (adverb)
The adverb COQUETTISHLY has 1 sense:
1. in a flirtatious manner
Familiarity information: COQUETTISHLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a flirtatious manner
Synonyms:
coquettishly; flirtatiously
Context example:
she smiled coquettishly
Pertainym:
coquettish (like a coquette)
Context examples
The fair girl shook her head coquettishly, and the other two urged her on.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A high bald head had a small velvet smoking-cap poised coquettishly upon one side of its pink curve.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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