Saucily

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saucily \Sau"ci*ly\, adv.
     In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness.
     --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  saucily
       adv 1: in a perky manner; "stuck perkily, like a bustle on a
              woman's skirt" [syn: {perkily}]
       2: in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy
          fellow was peering through the window, grinning
          impudently" [syn: {impertinently}, {pertly}, {freshly}, {impudently}]