cheekily

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adverb

In a cheeky or impudent manner.

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Meanings

adverbcheekily (comparative more cheekily, superlative most cheekily)

comparative more cheekily · superlative most cheekily

  1. In a cheeky or impudent manner.

    The time passed. The two mice, careering wildly, scampered cheekily over his slippers. He had not moved a muscle.

    1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 15”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
    1 more example

    Now, Vimeo user Alejandro Prullansky has compiled a super cut of Anderson's slo-mo shots from across the director's filmography, charmingly – and maybe a tad cheekily – set to The Shins' "New Slang."

    2014 January 9, Jon Blistein, “Watch a Supercut of Wes Anderson's Slow-Motion Scenes”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2014

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a brash cheeky manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

cheekily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheekily

MLA

“cheekily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheekily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheekily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheekily.

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