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archness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness |
| Type of | fun, playfulness |
Examples of archness
archness
Whether she sustains that into the more demanding archness of Beatrice we shall see.
From the independent.co.uk
The irony and archness was all there, but with something reassuringly gentle as well.
From the guardian.co.uk
Fontana probably strikes the best balance between earnestness and archness.
From the theater.nytimes.com
Owl scrupulously avoids the fallen archness common among animal books.
From the time.com
She locates the emotions that lurk beneath the archness of Stephin Merrit's songwriting.
From the guardian.co.uk
There's something delightfully old-fashioned about its archness and its solid architecture.
From the time.com
Yet Kaputt swerves accusations of archness or kitsch.
From the guardian.co.uk
She has the archness to deliver the barbs and the life experience to portray the world-weariness, deep desire and despair.
From the newsobserver.com
The terrible archness that can infest the narratives of sophisticated writers who attempt to master myth is resoundingly absent.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
- Impertinence: inappropriate playfulness
- An arch is a structure that spans a space while supporting weight (e.g. a doorway in a stone wall). Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who were the first to apply the technique to a wide ...
- The state of being arch; cleverness
