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If you speak or act cheekily, you are a little rude, but often in a way that makes people smile — you talk as if you are braver, or closer, than the rules say. A child who answers a teacher with a grin and a sharp joke is being cheeky. It is lighter than rude or . British English uses this a lot; American English may say sassy or fresh for a similar feeling. You will hear it about teasing and small boldness, not about a real hurt. Though actually, if an adult uses it with a cold voice, it can cut more than the word itself suggests, so listen to the tone. The adverb is just cheeky + -ly.
俏皮地、沒大沒小地
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cheekilyadv
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In a cheeky or impudent manner.
- The time passed. The two mice, careering wildly, scampered cheekily over his slippers. He had not moved a muscle.
- Now, Vimeo user Alejandro Prullansky has compiled a super cut of Anderson's slo-mo shots from across the director's filmography, charmingly – and maybe a tad cheekily – set to The Shins' "New Slang."
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。