Archness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being arch; slyness without malice; cunning; waggishness; roguishness; pleasing coyness: as, “dryness and archness of humour,”
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being arch; cleverness.
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  • noun. inappropriate playfulness