sassily

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He sassily said he was Lionel Messi, the Argentinian football star.

From Nature • Sep. 10, 2019

In the mid-1700s, Madame de Pompadour rendered a more confectionary pink the height of fashion: In the portraits of François Boucher, she models a succession of sassily beribboned shell-pink gowns and negligees.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2018

Well, here you go: The Hamilton creator unwittingly stoked the Rodriguez/Beatriz fire when Twitter user loudlysilent sassily replied to one of his motivational tweets:

From Slate • May 23, 2018

While usually clear and journalistic, Young’s prose constantly shifts registers, sometimes veering into cultural theorizing, at other times opting for sassily hip street talk.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017

She tilted her head sassily and kept her eyes right on his.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson