cheekily

English

Etymology

From cheeky +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

cheekily (comparative more cheekily, superlative most cheekily)

1. In a cheeky or impudent manner.
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 15”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     The time passed. The two mice, careering wildly, scampered cheekily over his slippers. He had not moved a muscle.

   • 2014 January 9, Jon Blistein, “Watch a Supercut of Wes Anderson's Slow-Motion Scenes”, in w:Rolling Stone‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 January 2014:

     Now, Vimeo user Alejandro Prullansky has compiled a super cut of Anderson's slo-mo shots from across the director's filmography, charmingly – and maybe a tad cheekily – set to The Shins' "New Slang."