rakishly
- 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
A smoldering cinnamon stick wrapped in an orange peel perches rakishly on the rim of “The John T.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2018
A couple of foreign tourists were admiring our American muscle car, rakishly angled against a backdrop of mountains and low-slung clouds.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2016
These must be rakishly dressed in stamped steel panels, glass and resinous plastics, as convincingly as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2015
The sun was high overhead now and the sweat made his curls stand up rather rakishly.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
