What does impishly mean?
Impishly means In an impish manner; mischievously..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In an impish manner; mischievously..
She was one of those elfin, rather precocious little girls, quick coloured, with dark hair, naturally curling dusky hair that was sometimes astray over her eyes, and eyes that were sometimes impishly dark, and sometimes a clear brown yellow.
Most of the crumbs drop on the red plush of the seat, and the woman sighs and tries to brush them away, but they leap up impishly and fall back on the plush.
I looked at Josella. To my astonishment, she was grinning impishly. "What do you find funny about this?" I asked a trifle shortly.
In my favorite Meta A.I. ad, a woman tells her boyfriend that she’s excited to have him meet her parents — before impishly mentioning that her father is a thermodynamicist at NASA. […]
Use impishly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Impishly means In an impish manner; mischievously..
Common synonyms include puckishly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She was one of those elfin, rather precocious little girls, quick coloured, with dark hair, naturally curling dusky hair that was sometimes astray over her eyes, and eyes that were sometimes impishly dark, and sometimes a clear brown yellow.
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