What is "archest"

Usage examples of "archest".

Burrowes chuckled slightly to himself as he watched the girl pat her hair and turn on her archest smile.

Do you know, Mr Nickleby,' said Mrs Browdie, with her archest smile, 'that I really think Fanny Squeers was very fond of you?

This starting point gives Lawrence the opportunity to voice some of his archest criticism of contemporary English civilization through the physical interaction of his characters and their dialogue, their social and sexual conflicts.