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rakishly

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Rak´ish`ly    (rāk´ĭsh`lŷ)
adv.1.In a rakish manner.
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Adv.1.rakishly - in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle"
raffishly, carelessly
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rakishly [ˈreɪkɪʃlɪ] ADV (of hat etc) → echado al lado
rakishly
adv → flott, verwegen; behave → verwegen; …, he said rakishly → …, sagte er verwegen
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If this expressive article of dress was drawn low upon the forehead, it was a sign that hard work was going on, in exciting moments it was pushed rakishly askew, and when despair seized the author it was plucked wholly off, and cast upon the floor, and cast upon the floor.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
The mantel's chastely severe outline was ingloriously veiled behind some pert drapery drawn rakishly askew like the sashes of the Amazonian ballet.
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Thrust under the molding were photographs of young men and women, and of picnic groups wherein the young men, with hats rakishly on the backs of their heads, encircled the girls with their arms.
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