saucy
[saw-see]
- impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- pert; boldly smart: a saucy little hat for Easter.
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Origin of saucy
Synonyms
See more synonyms for saucy on Thesaurus.com1. rude, impudent, fresh, brazen. 2. jaunty.
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Examples from the Web for saucily
Historical Examples
"I should not care if he did," the girl said saucily, as she held up her face.
Under Wellington's CommandG. A. Henty
"Oh, Miss Leicester is not going to sing," cried Rose, saucily.
Isabel LeicesterClotilda Jennings
"No more tears to-night I fancy, eh Isabel," said Emily saucily.
Isabel LeicesterClotilda Jennings
"Ask no questions——you know the rest" returned Lucy saucily.
Isabel LeicesterClotilda Jennings
"Not in the manner you so saucily imply, Miss Greensleeve," he said gaily.
AthalieRobert W. Chambers
saucy
- impertinent
- pert; jauntya saucy hat
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Word Origin and History for saucily
saucy
adj.
c.1500, "resembling sauce," later "impertinent, flippantly bold, cheeky" (1520s), from sauce (n.) + -y (2). The connecting notion is the figurative sense of "piquancy in words or actions." Cf. sauce malapert "impertinence" (1520s), and slang phrase to have eaten sauce "be abusive" (1520s). Also cf. salty in same senses.
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