| 单词 | saucy |
| 例句 | saucy adjective informal 1.•you saucy girl! cheeky, impudent, impertinent, irreverent, forward, disrespectful, bold, as bold as brass, brazen, pert | informal fresh, lippy, mouthy, sassy. ANT demure, polite. 2.•the cap sat at a saucy angle:jaunty, rakish, sporty, raffish.WORD NOTE saucy Since it's difficult now to actually be saucy —lighthearted, flirtatious impudence is nonsensical in a society that produces Girls Gone Wild videos—I am nostalgic for this word. It could be revived, though. It doesn't have to be limited to the serving-wench context. Try switching genders—couldn't some men be usefully described as saucy ? •(At the press conference, he responded with saucy evasions.). Or used to anthropomorphize alluring inanimate objects? •(The stilettos lounged saucily in the display window.) — DAConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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