archness
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Fukuhara’s extra beats between lines, slow-forming, knowing smiles, and general get-me-away-from-these-philistines archness rescue mediocre jokes before her quick bursts of ebullience remind us that Nancy would rather make over her wardrobe-challenged classmates than mock them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
Now, they are buzzing with memes, videos and messages of congratulation, but also a strain of sceptical archness.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2022
It’s that when she focuses instead on her own writing, and shifts away some from straight-on modern jazz, she also softens the archness and the neatness of her delivery.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
If you’re worried that your manner might betray your anxiety, practice adopting a slightly artificial archness of tone, so you have something to focus and distract you.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2020
Despite the archness of his tone—which normally would have irritated me—there was a melancholy undernote in his voice.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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