Adjective : Fielding and Sterne are waggish writers. ,waggish humor. From Dictionary.com.
“What makes you think I’m happy to see you?” asked Lupin waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - The book meme.] Reference
"There is hope!" said one young man waggishly to another. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
He smiled at his joke, shook his head waggishly, and turned to look for his hat. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
After rising to depart, he seized me waggishly, with an eye to a trial of strength. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
The other linguists broke into an old Paonese chant, waggishly rendered into Pastiche. From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
"Ah, but you screamed though!" retorted the sailor waggishly, as he turned to her father. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference
‘Demnition discount,’ returned Mr Mantalini, with a grin, and shaking his head waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference
Local social engineers were attributing the middling boom, perhaps waggishly, to benign climate. From Wordnik.com. [Closing Time] Reference
"Very odd birds, kestrels," said East, looking waggishly at his victim, who was still star-gazing. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown's Schooldays]
They scoffed at this mad neighbour, looked at each other waggishly and shrugged their shoulders as he passed along the street. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
Then again the Gornish Camp was waggishly inclined. From Wordnik.com. [Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories] Reference
"Ah! why weren't you?" inquired the King waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties] Reference
Mr. Tucker, touching the side of his nose waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Musician ; Or, Fighting His Way] Reference
And again he waggishly compared Amsterdam to a maimed. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference
As a friend waggishly noted, Sarah Palin is the VPILF. From Wordnik.com. [The Simon] Reference
Mr. Vickers shook his head at him and smiled waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [Dialstone Lane, Part 3.] Reference
"So you left him in the attic, hey?" he said, waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [Facing the World] Reference
ROVE (waggishly): Now, that would be telling, Davie-boy. From Wordnik.com. [Corrente] Reference
"The marriage-bed," he said waggishly, and blew out the light. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Lovers] Reference
"Will you undertake the commission?" whispered Petrea, waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Home] Reference
A tech insider waggishly congratulated Twitter founder Evan Williams. From Wordnik.com. [San Francisco Sentinel] Reference
"My friend, Mr. Brent, is not married," said Signor Orlando waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Errand Boy] Reference
"Are you fond of roasted hare, Magister?" whispered Petrea waggishly to. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6] Reference
"Love me love my dog," quoted Bill waggishly, as he strolled forward again. From Wordnik.com. [Many Cargoes] Reference
"And perhaps we shall meet the sisters in the shop," said Henrik, waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Home] Reference
You say my health, my youth, as you waggishly call it, puts me out of court. From Wordnik.com. [Prose Fancies (Second Series)] Reference
He shook a finger waggishly at the infuriated and a little frightened Marborne. From Wordnik.com. [The Black] Reference
Mrs. Sampson eyed him waggishly, and a smile crept over her wrinkled little face. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of a Hansom Cab] Reference
It pleased him evidently, for he smiled several times, and shook his head waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [Our Frank and other stories] Reference
"I'm s'prised at Berrow allowing his men to make that noise," said the skipper waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [Many Cargoes] Reference
"Master Jacobi, are you fond of roast hare?" whispered Petrea, waggishly, to the Candidate. From Wordnik.com. [The Home] Reference
"We like your company so much, my dear young man," said Nathan, nodding his head waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent] Reference
"Do not build too much on a single blow, young gentleman," he said, shaking his head waggishly. From Wordnik.com. [The House of the Wolf; a romance] Reference
"Embryos are like photograph film," said Mr. Foster waggishly, as he pushed open the second door. From Wordnik.com. [Brave New World]
The sisters styled her rather waggishly "our eldest sister," and sometimes simply "our eldest;" and. From Wordnik.com. [The Home] Reference
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