wag
verb (used with object)
to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly.
Example Sentences
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It is written with elegance and often pungency, the pitch-perfect dialogue ranging from the waggishly epigrammatic to the bluntly outraged.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
These are waggishly identified by finding icons of Humpty Dumpty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2020
Jean-Luc Godard maintains, perhaps waggishly, that film tells the truth 24 times a second.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2020
The inevitable James Bond question must be dealt with, and Laurie waggishly went for it.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2016
“Embryos are like photograph film,” said Mr. Foster waggishly, as he pushed open the second door.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
