cheekily

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cheek·y

(chē′kē)

adj. cheek·i·er, cheek·i·est

Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy.

cheek′i·ly adv.

cheek′i·ness n.

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Adv.

cheekily - in a brash cheeky manner; "brashly, she asked for a rebate"

brashly, nervily

Translations

patzig

effrontément

insolente sfacciatamente

cheekily

[ˈtʃiːkɪlɪ] ADV → descaradamente, con frescura

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cheekily

[ˈtʃiːkɪli] adv [ask, suggest, try] → effrontément

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cheekily

adv → frech, vorwitzig, dreist

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cheekily

[ˈtʃiːkɪlɪ] adv → sfacciatamente, impudentemente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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