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Definitions for saucily
sauci·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
impertinently, saucily, pertly, freshly, impudentlyadverb
in an impudent or impertinent manner
"a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"
Wiktionary
saucilyadverb
In a saucy manner.
She walked off saucily and I watched, entranced, until she turned the corner; then I ran after her to ask her for a date.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Saucilyadverb
Impudently; impertinently; petulantly; in a saucy manner.
Etymology: from saucy.
Though this knave came somewhat saucily into the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair. William Shakespeare.
A freed servant, who had much power with Claudius, very saucily, had almost all the words; and amongst other things, he asked in scorn one of the examinates, who was likewise a freed servant of Scribonianus, I pray, sir, if Scribonianus had been emperor, what would you have done? He answered, I would have stood behind his chair, and held my peace. Francis Bacon.
A trumpet behaved himself very saucily. Addison.
Webster Dictionary
Saucilyadverb
in a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of saucily in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of saucily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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