foxishly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He introduced me to the bartender, Michel, dark and foxishly thin."
- ""When he was twenty three, and already a senior master in the Antwerp guild, Rubens set out for adventure. I suppose like any young man today who has received their formal education, he was looking for a bit of excitement." He winked foxishly at Alex, "So where should a young man run to, who has a passion for art? Or indeed in those years a passion for just about anything. Indeed yes, he went to Italy to see for himself. He didn't go by himself though. He took along a young lad who had been a constant companion and was actually his first pupil." Here, he pointed to his audience."
- "He looked like a Barbary ape as his shrunk jaws masticated the kernels he fed to his mouth with shaking claws; something deep and foxishly cunning peered forth below his bristling red eyebrows."
Etymology
From foxish + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more foxishly (comparative)
most foxishly (superlative)