SAUCILY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

saucily

adverb

Definition of saucily

as in impertinently

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Good was in a relationship with a woman, and her partner, who is butch, spoke impertinently to an ICE officer, so there, Good wasn’t your average white mother after all.

— M. Gessen, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of impertinently

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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.

— Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

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He was also found guilty in June of one count each of fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and driving or taking a vehicle without consent.

— City News Service, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
Multiple 911 callers reported a black Mercedes SUV colliding with vehicles, being driven recklessly, and engaging in dangerous behaviors toward people in various locations in the city, police said.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of recklessly

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After rashly stealing a man’s cigarette lighter on the subway, Ingeborg trips while making her getaway, resulting in a tibia fracture that threatens to take her out of commission for months on end.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
No one should approach the AI situation rashly.

— Revana Sharfuddin, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026

Definition of rashly

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And bad habits die hard, with Donaldson saying parents who don’t enforce consequences early shouldn’t be surprised when a kids mature to teenagehood and act disrespectfully or push boundaries.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 19 July 2026
But the latter appears to be connected to an incident in February, where an employee at one of her Louisville, Kentucky, stores allegedly treated a law enforcement officer disrespectfully.

— Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 15 July 2026

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