Crossword clues for archness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Archness
Archness \Arch"ness\, n.
The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from
malice; waggishness.
--Goldsmith.
Wiktionary
archness
n. The state of being arch.
WordNet
archness
n. inappropriate playfulness [syn: impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness]
Usage examples of "archness".
This time he thought Laetitia must have betrayed him, and bowing to Lady Busshe and Lady Culmer, gallantly pressing their fingers and responding to their becks and archnesses, he ruminated on his defences before he should accost her father.
Archness became this lady of the sunny hair, tip-tilted nose, and complexion that outvied the apple-blossoms.