What does archness mean?
Archness means The state of being arch..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The state of being arch..
Marianne was surprised and confused, yet she could not help smiling at the quiet archness of his manner
Meanwhile the farce was going on very successfully, and Mrs. Leary, in a hussar jacket and braided pantaloons, was enchanting the audience with her archness, her lovely figure, and her delightful ballads.
There was something artless in Toby's delivery; he was working in the family tradition of teasing, but he was too relenting and couldn't yet match Gerald's heavy archness.
Use archness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Archness means The state of being arch..
Common synonyms include impertinence, pertness, sauciness, perkiness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Marianne was surprised and confused, yet she could not help smiling at the quiet archness of his manner
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