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naughtily

/naw-tee/US // ˈnɔ ti //UK // (ˈnɔːtɪ) //

顽皮地,淘气地,顽皮的,调皮地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    naugh·ti·er, naugh·ti·est.

    • : disobedient; mischievous: Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
    • : improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word.
    • : Obsolete. wicked; evil.

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Examples

  • Kristiansen, who has produced most of her films, smiled naughtily.

  • You naughtily implied something of that kind just when you were running away from me.

  • It was the father of the bright boy that had so naughtily looked into the window—who owned the wagon.

  • It was the sacred Sunday, the evening of the "family-group," as the grandchildren naughtily called it among themselves.

  • But, when on the landing-place, he naughtily drew out the cork to have a taste himself.

  • Then Lily proceeded to unfold a plan, which was not philosophical, but naughtily ingenious.