arch
adjective /ɑːtʃ/
/ɑːrtʃ/ Definition
› showing that you think it is funny that you know more about something than someone else does: an arch tone of voiceAffected and insincere archly /ˈɑːtʃli/
/ˈɑːrtʃli/ adverb › She smiled archly at him. "I fail to understand what you're suggesting," said Claire archly.Affected and insincere
/ˈɑːrtʃli/ adverb › She smiled archly at him. "I fail to understand what you're suggesting," said Claire archly.Affected and insincere(Definition of arch adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- affectation noun
- affected adjective
- artificial adjective
- arty-farty adjective
- campy adjective
- cheesy adjective (BAD STYLE)
- fey adjective
- forced adjective
- glib adjective
- histrionic adjective
- histrionics noun
- hollowly adverb (NOT SINCERE)
- meretricious adjective
- pious adjective (PRETENDING)
- preciously adverb
- precocious adjective
- pretension noun
- pretentious adjective
- pseud(o)- prefix
- slick adjective
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