SAUCILY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

saucily

adverb

Definition of saucily

as in impertinently

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Good was in a relationship with a woman, and her partner, who is butch, spoke impertinently to an ICE officer, so there, Good wasn’t your average white mother after all.

— M. Gessen, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of impertinently

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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.

— Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

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Flying an unmanned aircraft system carelessly or recklessly, interfering with a first responder operation, is also a misdemeanor under state law and San Diego municipal code.

— Sydney Brammer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
Long before the Ingalls family arrived in Kansas, the Osage people bore the brunt of white settlers recklessly seizing their land without consultation.

— Max Gao, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

Definition of recklessly

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Residents were treated carelessly, disrespectfully, insensitively.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Not to mention a sense of entitlement that one's own culture is superior and treating others disrespectfully, even in their own homes – sometimes literally.

— Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026

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