waggishly

English

Etymology

From waggish +‎ -ly.

Adverb

waggishly (comparative more waggishly, superlative most waggishly)

1. In a waggish manner.
   • 1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “My Pedigree and Family.—Undergo the Influence of the Tender Passion.”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 14:

     ‘Doctor,’ says I, looking waggishly at him, ‘do you know ever a rhyme for Aristotle?’ ‘Port, if you plaise,’ says Mr. Goldsmith, laughing. And we had six rhymes for Aristotle before we left the coffee-house that evening.

   • 1959, John Knowles, chapter 11, in A Separate Peace:

     "Who was ahead?"
     Leper smiled waggishly. "I couldn't see that...."