Adjective : rakish behavior. From Dictionary.com.
The last, one-tier-wonder thing is a marvel of rakishness!. From Wordnik.com. [Love is in the Air...] Reference
Dundee could stand no more of Miles 'complacent acceptance of his own rakishness. From Wordnik.com. [Murder at Bridge] Reference
‘Wot are you up to, old feller?’ added Mr Bailey, with the same graceful rakishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
His steady gaze regarded her, then he presented her with a familiar display of rakishness. From Wordnik.com. [Hearts] Reference
And the fading film star deciphers a fresh paradise where he can practice his aging rakishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson: Questions] Reference
He must have led a psalm-singing youth that every attempt at rakishness should make him as piquant as a figure at a masque. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
He was flamboyant, certainly, Gretchen decided, but he had not that rakishness or arrogance that so often accompanies one who is as smart a dresser as he seemed. From Wordnik.com. [Violists] Reference
Its musicality, its meter, its rhyme, its alliteration all work hand in hand with the absurdly outrageous hyperbole and the cut throat rakishness of its intentions. From Wordnik.com. [The Reading : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
As she approached and looked up, Dalgliesh saw a pale, finely lined and delicately boned face almost eclipsed by a black wide-brimmed trilby worn with a certain rakishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lighthouse]
I admire the steadfastness of Aung San Suu Kyi, the prolificacy of Stephen King, the single-mindedness of the Dalai Lama, the insight of Susan Sontag, the rakishness of Clive Owen. From Wordnik.com. [Annabelle Gurwitch: I Hate Happiness] Reference
He slipped blouse, pants, and jacket over his silkite undergarments, pulled on the sheening boots, tilted his officer's cap at an angle of well gauged rakishness, and walked out to meet his new owners. From Wordnik.com. [Agent Of The Terran Empire]
But is that considered here a proof of rakishness? asked Bernard. From Wordnik.com. [Confidence] Reference
My friends liked him, despite his politics and rakishness, and so did I. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Divorcée is divorcey, and has all the rakishness of the adjectives in - y. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9. The Common Speech. 10. Vulgar Pronunciation] Reference
He wore his green chiton with a rakishness that proved him anything but a dandy. From Wordnik.com. [A Victor of Salamis] Reference
He hated the shabby rakishness of his attire, the self-assertive aquiline beak of a nose which he had inherited from his father, the Rector. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
Charles II, James II, and William and Mary, rakishness in the plays of Wycherley and Congreve had a glamour of romance upon it and was popular. From Wordnik.com. [Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism] Reference
She was wholly aware of every inch of her appearance -- the shabbiness of her brown Norfolk suit, the rakishness of her boyish brown beaver hat, and the vagabond gloves. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Miles to Arden] Reference
I think it was this aptitude for feminine rakishness which, more than any of his great virtues, more even than his indomitable industry, made Mr Stumfold the most popular man in. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Mackenzie] Reference
She magnified the rakishness of the woman's hand on hip in view of the house, and she magnified the woman's insolence in bringing that man Morsfield -- to share probably the hospitality of. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
You will definitely notice the significant changes that can't be seen in the other traditional two-door cars and it is its wider track and blistered arches that give all the rakishness and class to the vehicle. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
"Dear Frank," wrote one listener, somewhat over-familiarly, given that I have no idea who he is, "Can you tell me how best to calculate the exact angle at which I should wear my hat, or titfer, to maximise its rakishness?". From Wordnik.com. [Hooting Yard] Reference
She magnified the rakishness of the woman's hand on hip in view of the house, and she magnified the woman's insolence in bringing that man Morsfield -- to share probably the hospitality of Steignton during the master's absence!. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete] Reference
Of course a great deal of that, too, was superficial and an assumption of cynicism; of course there were glimpses of youth and freshness even in their depravity; but even that freshness was not attractive, and showed itself in a certain rakishness. From Wordnik.com. [Notes from the Underground] Reference
In the set of his sombrero and the style of his spurs he knew how to suggest rakishness without quite achieving it; and when he permitted his spirited horse to give way to its wayward or playful moods there was something just a little sinister in his mirth. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Desert] Reference
She considers herself bound to defend his characteristics in the mass, and if she seem to give up his extravagance or his rakishness, it is only with a secret determination that this concession to the world shall be balanced by an increase of adoration at home. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)] Reference
With an air of conscious rakishness that is charmingly ridiculous, he writes: "If it were possible the relation of the happy indiscretions which passed between us that night could give the tenth part of the pleasure I then received from them, I could still repeat them with delight.". From Wordnik.com. [The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield] Reference
Nichi danced with his street clothes on ... wearing his hat, in ghoulish rakishness, tipped down over his eyes ... inter-wreathing his cane with his long, skeletal, twisting legs and arms ... his eyes gleaming cat-like through merest slits. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative] Reference
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