archly

English

Adverb

archly (comparative more archly, superlative most archly)

1. in an arch manner; slyly
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     Phoebe lay down by me, and ask'd me archly if, now that I had seen the enemy, and fully considered him, I was still afraid of him?