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Meanings of raffishly in English

In a rakish manner.

Synonyms
Examples for "carelessly"
Examples for "carelessly"
1
I touched the material carelessly; it was of softest smooth white serge.
The Garden of Survival
2
A carelessly dropped match might in an hour nullify all their labor.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
3
They play every note with love and understanding - no note carelessly.
The new yorker
4
Aldous moved carelessly to the glass case in which were the cigars.
The Hunted Woman
5
To read carelessly and distractedly is to let go of that hand.
The book of disquiet
1
The rakishly courtly guy introduced himself-AntonioCornejo, proprietor-andtold them the story.
Gutshot straight
2
They darted out to greet him, dancing about, their skirts lifting rakishly.
Hook
3
The head leaned rakishly towards the water-lily side of the saucer.
Gossamer
4
One sported a Tilley hat, fishing lure pinned to a rakishly flipped brim.
Spider bones: a novel
5
Her plumed hat was pushed rakishly askew, but little she cared.
Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life
Usage of raffishly in English
1
Beside Cooper's schoolboy neatness Gordon's sprawling handwriting seemed a raffishly human intrusion on the neat, remorseless rectangularity of the gridded pages.
Timescape
2
For two years I acted as his batman, raffishly crumpling his linen Oxford bags every morning and fluffing his breast pocket handkerchief.
The Guardian
3
Wouldn't he have preferred to see them in their hiking boots, grinning raffishly at the trappings of a faith they had no truck with?
Kalooki Nights
4
Looking at himself in the three-way mirror he could see the empty store spread out behind him and the Harley leaning raffishly at the curb.
The stand
Raffishly through the time