saucily

English

Etymology

saucy +‎ -ly

Adverb

saucily (comparative more saucily, superlative most saucily)

  1. In a saucy manner; impudently or impertinently.
    She walked off saucily and I watched, entranced, until she turned the corner; then I ran after her to ask her for a date.
    • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 62:
      'What do you want?' she called saucily from the top of the stairs.
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