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naughtily

/nˈɔɾili/ adv

In a naughty manner.

Word Origin Naughtily comes from naughty, which originally meant 'having nothing'—from Old English nā 'no' and wiht 'thing, creature.' So a naughty person was literally a 'no-thing' person, worthless or wicked. The same root gives us naught, nought, nothing, and wight (an archaic word for creature). The meaning shifted from 'poor, needy' to 'morally bad, mischievous.'

adv In a naughty manner.

The child grinned naughtily after hiding his father's keys.

(副词) 淘气地；调皮地

藏起父亲的钥匙后，这孩子调皮地咧嘴笑了。

(adverbio) traviesamente; desobedientemente; rebelde [De manera traviesa.]

El niño sonrió traviesamente después de esconder las llaves de su padre.

(adverbe) coquinement; espièglement; malicieusement [De manière espiègle ou désobéissante; avec une malice légère.]

L'enfant a souri **naughtily** après avoir caché les clés de son père.

(Adverb) unartig; frech [Auf eine unartige, freche oder regelverletzende Weise, besonders bei Kindern.]

Das Kind grinste **naughtily**, nachdem es die Schlüssel seines Vaters versteckt hatte.

(副詞) いたずらな様子で、わんぱくで。

その子は父親の鍵を隠した後、いたずらっぽく笑った。

(advérbio) travessamente; de modo travesso; arteiramente; maliciosamente [De maneira travessa.]

A criança sorriu travessamente depois de esconder as chaves do pai.

Synonyms: mischievously disobediently badly unrulily waywardly perversely impishly roguishly Antonyms: obediently well-behavedly properly decorously
Word parts: naught + y + ly

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