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Recent Examples of archly The antebellum garb is an unmistakable Walker signature, but the scene is expressive and foreboding — not the archly comic and subversive work for which the artist is best known. Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023 That archly strangled locution, the ceaseless scorn: the vendor’s voice nags at the former Dean Street boy. Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023 Barthelme wrote, for Texas Monthly, in an archly mocking response to McMurtry’s later essay. Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023 Emma Stone’s monster turn Poor Things Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are back with another archly funny period piece about a bunch of kooks. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for archly
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Adverb
  • Bacteria pneumonia can spread to the bloodstream and cause sepsis, which is extremely dangerous and can be quickly fatal.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Due to the increasing pollution in the world’s oceans, natural pearls are becoming extremely elusive—even still, according to Sotheby’s, the majority of natural saltwater pearls were harvested 100 years ago.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Many of these names will not be terribly familiar to MLP fans, or even some die-hard pro pickleball fans.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Our Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, has said that none of these jobs eliminated at FAA were terribly critical to safety.
    Victoria Chamberlin, Vox, 27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Next month, the Academy will dutifully hand out Oscars to an array of very deserving, very human winners.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The very formative years of my life, when my parents were working, I was being watched by my grandma.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 due to the highly effective vaccination program, according to the CDC.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Original examples of the variant are extremely rare and highly collectible, but that’s where Mythron Cars offers a solution.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Shout out once again to Indianapolis’ incredibly walkable downtown.
    Jason Kirk, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The actress worked with celebrity stylist Molly Dickson, who, much like Sydney Sweeney herself, is incredibly hard-working and therefore, always booked.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • In some locales like Bali, the trendy cafes and other businesses popular among foreigners are too expensive for locals who earn a daily minimum wage of about $10.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
  • From the looks of their business book, there is still too much non-serious investing, lots of buying of any kind of any crypto and all sorts of options.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • The combo of that large, efficient head; the dampening factor of the wood handle; and a nice texture at the base of the grip just felt so damned good, strike after strike.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
Adverb
  • Older folks tend to be the most at risk, with about 700 people 65 and older dying so far this year from the common virus.
    Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Curry scored 20 points in the Warriors’ 132-108 win over the Sacramento Kings, in doing so becoming the 21st player in NBA history – and first Golden State player – to score 20 or more points in 700 games.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025

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“Archly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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