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Meanings of saucily in English

Portuguese
desavergonhadamente

In an impudent or impertinent manner.

        desavergonhadamente

        Perkily.

              Usage of saucily in English
              1
              I answered a little saucily, and was ordered out of the ward-room.
              Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
              2
              He was shirtless, his bare feet pointed up saucily, his arms out.
              Anil's ghost
              3
              The cheerleader winked saucily, and syphoned back down below the sticker's surface.
              The Neutronium Alchemist
              4
              Out of the cadence of the hymn dances the Allegro tune almost saucily.
              Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
              5
              I know the verb, but not the noun, she retorted saucily.
              Jewel Weed
              6
              Then saucily waving a farewell, she set off towards the cave.
              The Wings of the Morning
              7
              Didn't he wink saucily at promenading matrons just to scandalise them?
              The crimson petal and the white
              8
              I have since recollected, that I must have looked very saucily.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2
              9
              A squirrel ran out on a limb, and sat chattering at him saucily.
              Ole Mammy's Torment
              10
              I laughed, and went to play most saucily, whatever they did to me.
              The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
              11
              How to wear his hair saucily, to thrill the maidens on the pavement.
              Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
              12
              I'll lick you; I'll be damned if I don't,' answered the American, saucily.
              The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth
              13
              She looked up at his dark, fierce face, and laughed saucily.
              Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
              14
              Sally told me; saucily flinging her handkerchief in my face.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5
              15
              Then the one with a round face sitting on the left saucily shot back:
              Botchan (Master Darling)
              16
              Some of his exercises remain, not very brilliant Latinity; some he saucily evaded, thus:
              The Life of John Ruskin
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