ARCHLY
archly
(adverb) in an arch manner; with playful slyness or roguishness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
archly (comparative more archly, superlative most archly)
In an arch manner; slyly.
Source: Wiktionary
Arch"ly, adv.
Definition: In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness;
slyly; waggishly.
Archly the maiden smiled. Longfellow.
ARCH
Arch, n. Etym: [F. arche, fr. LL. arca, for arcus. See Arc.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: Any part of a curved line.
2. (Arch.)
(a) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids,
with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii
of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an
opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e.,
semicircular), or pointed.
(b) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or
other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.
Note: Scientifically considered, the arch is a means of spanning an
opening by resolving vertical pressure into horizontal or diagonal
thrust.
3. Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the
arch of a bridge.
4. Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
"Colors of the showery arch." Milton. Triumphal arch, a monumental
structure resembling an arched gateway, with one or more passages,
erected to commemorate a triumph.
Arch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arched; p. pr. & vb. n. Arching.]
1. To cover with an arch or arches.
2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
The horse arched his neck. Charlesworth.
Arch, v. i.
Definition: To form into an arch; to curve.
Arch- (ärch-, except in archangel and one or two other words). Etym:
[L. arch-, Gr. Arch-.]
Definition: A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
Arch, a. Etym: [See Arch-, pref.]
1. Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
The most arch act of piteous massacre. Shak.
2. Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look,
word, lad.
[He] spoke his request with so arch a leer. Tatler.
Arch, n. Etym: [See Arch-, pref.]
Definition: A chief. [Obs.]
My worthy arch and patron comes to-night. Shak.
*arch. Etym: [Gr. Arch, a.]
Definition: A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).
-arch. [Gr. 'archo`s chief, commander, 'a`rchein to rule. See Arch,
a.]
Definition: A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition