archness

Example Sentences

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“Kate” is directed by fellow comedian Bo Burnham with playful archness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Now, they are buzzing with memes, videos and messages of congratulation, but also a strain of sceptical archness.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2022

By 2014, Sophie had become closely associated with PC Music, a buzzy Britain-based collective of electronic musicians and producers who blend the cerebral archness of the avant-garde with the earnest, mass-catharsis of pop musical product.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 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

“Well,” Lenina enquired, with significant archness when they met next afternoon on the roof, “did you think it was fun yesterday?”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley