winkingly
- a word derived from wink.
Example Sentences
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In a nod to classic Hollywood tour advertisements, the show’s winkingly all-caps poster declares, “You Will See: The Hollywood Sign, Marilyn Monroe, the Schizo City State.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
Not even a well-known twist involving a school bus can proceed without being winkingly, repeatedly foreshadowed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024
The show acknowledges this, winkingly, as brute realism gives way to something closer to magic.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023
The ad winkingly urged viewers: “Don’t be like Larry.”
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
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
