wink
verb (used without object)
to close and open one eye quickly as a hint or signal or with some sly meaning (often followed byat ).
winkingly
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a word derived from
wink.
Example Sentences
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One singer wore a cap winkingly topped with feline ears; another stared down the camera and twirled her ponytail with declarative swagger.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Not even a well-known twist involving a school bus can proceed without being winkingly, repeatedly foreshadowed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
On Twitter, she took a moment to winkingly, winningly note the debt owed her by one of her competitors, requesting “that Steven Spielberg return my cast from ‘Take This Waltz.’”
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
And as for Mary’s displeasure at Chase for “chasing cinema,” it reminds me of just how much “The Sopranos” winkingly dealt with its own inescapable cinematic legacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
And teen-age kids from Milagro who boxed down in the Chamisaville High School always winkingly attributed their victories to the fact that they had had El Brazo Onofre in their corner.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
