archly
adverb uk/ˈɑːtʃ.li/ us/ˈɑːrtʃ.li/
淘气地;调皮地
in an amused way that suggests you know more about something than someone else does
She smiled archly at him. 她狡黠地对他笑了笑。
"I fail to understand what you're suggesting," said Claire archly. “我不明白你的意思，”克莱尔调皮地说。
See: arch
- More examples
- He is archly amusing.
- We were cool and archly knowing when we were younger.
- She is sometimes silly and other times archly ironic.