rakish
adjective
like a rake; dissolute.
rakishly
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a word derived from
rakish.
Example Sentences
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For now the cottages stand idle by the glass-walled motel office and its rakishly tilted roof.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
Tolmor, a rakishly handsome 51-year-old with thick silver hair, needs this project for reasons that go beyond the desire for a hit production.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2022
Gone, for example, were the cream jeans which he bought on sale, intending to wear them rakishly with a navy blazer in the summer, yet ultimately never wore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2019
A smoldering cinnamon stick wrapped in an orange peel perches rakishly on the rim of “The John T.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2018
I could see her broadside on from here, the red underwater section showing against the black of the top-sides, and the single funnel leaning rakishly towards the cliffs beyond.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
