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RAKISHLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rakishly mean?
• RAKISHLY (adverb)
The adverb RAKISHLY has 1 sense:
1. in a rakish manner
Familiarity information: RAKISHLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a rakish manner
Synonyms:
carelessly; raffishly; rakishly
Context example:
she wore her hat rakishly at an angle
Pertainym:
rakish (marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners)
Context examples
If this expressive article of dress was drawn low upon the forehead, it was a sign that hard work was going on, in exciting moments it was pushed rakishly askew, and when despair seized the author it was plucked wholly off, and cast upon the floor.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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