archly

1. In an arch#Adjective|arch manner; slyly.
   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352 ↗:

     Phoebe lay down by me, and ask'd me archly if, now that I had seen the enemy, and fully considered him, I was still afraid of him?

• French: malicieusement
• German: verschmitzt, schlau
• Italian: maliziosamente
• Portuguese: maliciosamente
• Spanish: maliciosamente