foxishly

English

Etymology

foxish +‎ -ly

Adverb

foxishly (comparative more foxishly, superlative most foxishly)

1. In a foxish way.
   • 2014, Hilary Reyl, Lessons in French: A Novel‎^[1], page 63:

     He introduced me to the bartender, Michel, dark and foxishly thin.

   • 2002, Mike A. Baker, Mike Baker, Abiding Legacy‎^[2], page 142:

     "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.

   • 1900, Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 168‎^[3], page 867:

     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.