as in wise
displaying or marked by rude boldness
a cheeky comment about something that was none of her business
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Recent Examples of cheeky
Austin's post, which was shared on Feb. 19, features three spicy snaps, one of which features a cheeky view of her behind.
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Hailee Steinfeld and Wanda Sykes team up in this cheeky commercial to raise awareness for breast cancer.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
With Nicole Scherzinger and Patina Miller staring adoringly at him, the Scottish star performed a medley of three songs, including a cheeky rendition of The Ladies Who Lunch—how appropriate, given the venue.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
That much is obvious also about the writer-director’s use of music and the attentive inclusion of details such as the cheeky banners with humorous messages that adorn the streets.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Hailee Steinfeld and Wanda Sykes team up in this cheeky commercial to raise awareness for breast cancer.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
With Nicole Scherzinger and Patina Miller staring adoringly at him, the Scottish star performed a medley of three songs, including a cheeky rendition of The Ladies Who Lunch—how appropriate, given the venue.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
That much is obvious also about the writer-director’s use of music and the attentive inclusion of details such as the cheeky banners with humorous messages that adorn the streets.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheeky
Adjective
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Plunkett is not the first critic to trouble the popular conception of Frost as a wise woodsman dispensing comfort and inspiration.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The decision to put Kreider in over Kyle Connor, who has 30 goals this year, did not end up looking like a wise one.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Check below for the full list of winners (in bold).—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
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What began as a frustration with fashion’s one-size-fits-all approach evolved into a bold venture that challenged the norms of an industry saturated with sameness.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The sassy Southern belle was known for her fashion, knack for art history and on-and-off relationship (but eventually very on) with Dwayne Wayne.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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One of the liveliest genre examples is director Raine Allen-Miller’s sassy London-set, day-long rom-com that doesn’t waste one nano-second of its flinty 82-minute running time.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal are once again getting saucy at Katz’s Delicatessen.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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The former is a saucy reparto and the latter, has more pop elements laced with the Cuban-urban genre.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.—
Ashley Bardhan,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2024
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.—
Edward P. Joseph,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2016
Adjective
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This season delivered a unique contrast, blending nostalgia with modernity in a way that felt both familiar and fresh.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
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Danny Ike’s wine list is exciting and fresh, complementing the bright meze platter or raw seafood and the rich flavors of a gamebird mixed grill draped in a mushroom jus.—
Kayleigh Ruller,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Bouchard’s uneven season might be enough to scare away some NHL teams, but not all; the brazen work by the St. Louis Blues has worked out well for the team’s general manager (Doug Armstrong).—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Now identified and charged in the brazen fatal shooting of a health care executive, his influence has persisted, even from behind bars.—
Hurubie Meko,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Theroux treasures every silly little turn his cocky boss man gets to take.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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That Johnson, who has never been a head coach before, felt cocky enough to tell that story on the podium is a great thing.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Cheeky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheeky. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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