saucier; sauciest
1
: served with or having the consistency of sauce
2
a
: impertinently bold and impudent
b
: amusingly forward and flippant : irrepressible
Examples of saucy in a Sentence
irritated his fellow travelers with saucy questions and comments
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Its new campaign is anchored by an equally saucy video.
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
For a modest fee, Bradley created a new routine for Delroy, tailored to her abilities, incorporating the still trendy Charleston and other saucier moves popular in Black dance halls and night clubs in the mid-nineteen-twenties.
—Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Green has a toothier texture and fresher flavor; red is saucier with dusky, earthen undertones.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The onion looks cooked, and the tomatoes have broken up and combined with the water to become saucy, but there is nothing like tasting the pasta because who wants a simple pasta dinner with undercooked pasta?
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 May 2026
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
For a modest fee, Bradley created a new routine for Delroy, tailored to her abilities, incorporating the still trendy Charleston and other saucier moves popular in Black dance halls and night clubs in the mid-nineteen-twenties.
—Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Green has a toothier texture and fresher flavor; red is saucier with dusky, earthen undertones.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The onion looks cooked, and the tomatoes have broken up and combined with the water to become saucy, but there is nothing like tasting the pasta because who wants a simple pasta dinner with undercooked pasta?
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for saucy
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“Saucy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saucy. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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