saucily

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for saucily
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • Advertisement Even in regions without dams, farmers pumped recklessly from unmonitored wells.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Edelman’s job was to contain any returner who might break outside instead of pursuing the kickoff as fast and recklessly as possible downfield.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Stanford University water polo coach Brian Flacks treated Cardinal players disrespectfully, but a former university general counsel attorney found that the treatment did not meet Stanford’s standard of retaliation, according to multiple documents obtained by the Southern California News Group.
    Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Saucily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucily. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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