| 单词 | waggishness |
| 例句 | Nobody does waggishness like the British, a skill on full display in “Decline and Fall,” a three-part adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel that begins streaming on Acorn on Monday, May 15. Eva Longoria and Jack Whitehall in ‘Decline and Fall’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Though Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison—with the permission of the author’s estate—have somewhat expanded and changed Dahl’s story, The BFG honors the author’s whimsical, waggishness impropriety. Review: Spielberg's 'BFG' Honors Roald Dahl's Spirit 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Despite his acclaim, Mr. Newman’s constitutional waggishness kept him from taking himself too seriously. Edwin Newman, Journalist, Dies at 91 2010-09-16T15:17:00Z The problem is that when he wrote well, you remembered his waggishness. Commentary: With withering wit, The Times' irrepressible Martin Bernheimer transformed criticism 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z At the controversy’s peak, Peele tweeted simply, “It’s a documentary,” poking the beehive with characteristic waggishness. Jordan Peele’s X-Ray Vision 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z In the 1950s, with no experience beyond great linguistic facility and constitutional waggishness, Mr. Waas established his own advertising agency, Waas Inc., in Philadelphia. Les Waas, Mister Softee’s Songwriter, Dies at 94 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Joviality and waggishness may not be traits you immediately associate with the Stalinist secret police. ‘Collaborators’: Spooky Action Theater spins a semi-absurdist tale 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Billy's father was said to have been a Roman Catholic; and I infer from the name he bestowed on his son that he had a turn for waggishness of a sort. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z "I'd better leave the bill to you as he pays in wrong money, eh?" suggested Mr. Popkiss, with true trade waggishness, and becoming purple with enjoyment of his own joke. A Poached Peerage It is related in tradition, that when the knightly Munchausen received this epistle, he laughed horribly for the space of at least half an hour, as though greatly rejoiced at a bit of unparalleled waggishness. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Roque was completely reclaimed from his waggishness by the unexpected visitation of the Sampsonic fist, and for some time utterly forgot the use of his tongue. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Of course, the delicacy or waggishness with which we allude to an evil is no excuse for it, but the French have little absolute drunkenness to excuse. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 And when the gentlemen asked the hall-porter if his lady was at home, that functionary replied, with manly waggishness, “She was at home just now, but she's not gone out yet.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Balfe was a good deal of a wag, and his waggishness was not always in good taste, as shown by an incident at carnival time in Rome. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces He breathed a sigh of relief and recovered his waggishness. The Convert Bertha meanwhile, to whom waggishness was existence, was carrying on a silent drama on her plate, her roll being a quarry, and her knife the workmen attacking it. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster His self-possession had quickly come back to him and his waggishness could not be repressed. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters Evidently Mr. Buchanan, while appreciating the motive and feelings of these gentlemen, manifested a little characteristic waggishness about their going to rest and getting up refreshed for their duties. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis "Jack," said Fred, with something of his old waggishness, as he looked across the fire into the face of his comrade, "let's go home." Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) "Yes, sir," and he shook his head and chuckled in delighted remembrance of his waggishness, "that was jest about the cheekiest joke I ever played on a bear!" Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Beethoven's waggishness was frequently vented on a young friend, Zmeskall, who was court secretary. Beethoven Mayhap I have been misled by some waggishness. Mince Pie So deplorable is the waggishness of a person, however gifted, who has no sense of humour! Gossip in a Library Truly they were ahungered, but could never quite lose their waggishness. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) But for a grave waggishness in Mr Rugg's manner of delivering this introduction to the feast, it might have appeared that Miss Dorrit was expected to be one of the company. Little Dorrit We are, in spite of my friend's waggishness, but two plain blunt countrymen, and have no more need of a valet than one of those poets which you have spoken of. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 If he didn't wag it off, he certainly absorbed its waggishness as a distinguishing characteristic of the "coming man"--the future Artemas Wards and Mark Twains of the race. Life: Its True Genesis This ducal waggishness gave me time to observe that the sergeant's uneasiness was icy coldness in comparison with his lordship's. The Yeoman Adventurer "You see that, don't you, captain?" he repeated, with an air of mingled wonder and waggishness. Gaut Gurley I can't help loving that man, for all his drollery and waggishness. The Gilded Age, Part 4. They dress like clergymen, and affect that mixture of clerical solemnity and clerical waggishness which is generally to be found among minor canons and vicar chorals of a cathedral. The Last Chronicle of Barset |
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