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Meanings of cheekily in English

In a brash cheeky manner.

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Examples for "brashly"
Examples for "brashly"
1
The feminist Craft is brashly political and spiritual at once.
Drawing Down the Moon
2
Google has done this by brashly adopting a new and radical open-source technology called OpenFlow.
Wired
3
And the arrives were certainly bouncing in rather brashly.
The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
4
With my student credit card, I brashly borrowed money.
Welcome to the N.H.K.
5
Now it seems to be brashly reinventing mobile computing.
Wired
1
I've met him a couple of times and he's always been... nervily defensive.
Long time coming: a novel
2
He waited nervily for a response, crouched down with his hands between his thighs like a catcher between pitches.
IT
3
Everyone here is nervily aware of the success immersive groups have had in making theatre in temporary or site-specific spaces.
The Guardian
4
Chauvelin felt as if he were choking; his slender fingers worked nervily around his cravat; beads of perspiration trickled unheeded down his pallid forehead.
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
5
Carberry c Kieswetter b Phillips 0 After nervily failing to get the ball off the wicket from his first delivery, Michael Carberry swings wild.
The Guardian
Usage of cheekily in English
1
One said cheekily, ''Tis the only ship Jake 'ere'll ever command, sir!'
For my Country’s Freedom
2
The Canadian star cheekily posed a question on her Twitter page.
News.com.au
3
He then cheekily bails out and says, Stay tuned, you gotta keep following.
News.com.au
4
Whitehead's next single release was cheekily titled I Don't Do Surprises.
News.com.au
5
Latsis stuck his head out of the tank and grinned cheekily.
Red inferno: 1945
6
The late Ciaran Carson cheekily entitled one of his collections, The Irish for No.
The Irish Times
7
On one occasion, the map had insulted him fairly cheekily.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
8
Hannah Frauenstein cheekily asked for the flowers Harry was holding, instead of a cupcake.
Radio NZ
9
If you can't, you're in trouble, a line which the film cheekily includes almost verbatim.
The Guardian
10
She stared off into the distance then grinned cheekily.
The spurned viscountess
11
The makers of Punk Britannia cheekily failed to include the expected shots of Iggy Pop.
The Irish Times
12
Clarke smiles cheekily, if a little ruefully, +7 as he is.
The Guardian
13
And here was the boy lightly, cheekily, talking at breakfast about 'going in for architecture'!
Clayhanger
14
Same Falcon 9 booster, same cheekily-named drone ship (Of Course I Still Love You).
Wired
15
Harry remarked cheekily that the Queen's beloved corgis had taken an instant liking to his fiancee.
News.com.au
16
The Indian made no attempt to deny it, cheekily passing judgment on how his rival tasted.
News.com.au
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Cheekily through the time