as in extremely
to a great degree
an archly competitive young executive
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That archly strangled locution, the ceaseless scorn: the vendor’s voice nags at the former Dean Street boy.
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Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
Barthelme wrote, for Texas Monthly, in an archly mocking response to McMurtry’s later essay.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Emma Stone’s monster turn Poor Things Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are back with another archly funny period piece about a bunch of kooks.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2023
But there's plenty to savor in this first season, including archly broad comic-book baddies, dopily creepy lore, and classic(ally silly) CW illogic—all of it wrapped in the comforting conventions of a teen soap.
—Alexis Gunderson, Chron, 1 Mar. 2023
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Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
Barthelme wrote, for Texas Monthly, in an archly mocking response to McMurtry’s later essay.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Emma Stone’s monster turn Poor Things Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are back with another archly funny period piece about a bunch of kooks.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2023
But there's plenty to savor in this first season, including archly broad comic-book baddies, dopily creepy lore, and classic(ally silly) CW illogic—all of it wrapped in the comforting conventions of a teen soap.
—Alexis Gunderson, Chron, 1 Mar. 2023
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“Archly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archly. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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