rakish

Examples of rakishly

rakishly
He tossed back the alcohol and then rakishly threw the ice glass into the flames of the bar's black-glass fire pit.
From Washington Post
He was attired, then, in a sort of burlesque "fashionable" lounge suit and wore a straw hat set rakishly backward on his well-oiled dark hair.
From Project Gutenberg
A soft, wide-brimmed felt hat sat rakishly upon his head.
From Project Gutenberg
A paper crown was set rakishly on his head.
From Project Gutenberg
She was gone only a moment, and rejoined him with her big hat thrown back somewhat rakishly on her head.
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A faded cap perched rakishly on a mop of brilliant red hair; his eyes were blue and hard and wide open.
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His gray hat was tilted rakishly up at the back and down in front, and a handkerchief was knotted loosely around his throat.
From Project Gutenberg
He was in evening dress, and an opera hat was set rakishly on the back of his head.
From Project Gutenberg
She wore a dark tan serge traveling coat with a brown service cap to match that set a bit rakishly on her red curls.
From Project Gutenberg
Her shawl was dragged to one side, and her bonnet sat rakishly.
From Project Gutenberg
The gate had been torn from its hinges and was draped rakishly over the roadster.
From Project Gutenberg
She wore her old black bonnet, and the wind had tipped that rakishly to one side.
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She was so stern that even her rakishly tipped bonnet did not seem at all funny.
From Project Gutenberg
He wore a well-fitting suit of yachting flannels and a yachting cap of blue was set rather rakishly on his head.
From Project Gutenberg
His claws, which were non-retractile, were not rakishly long as are the grizzly's, but protruded slightly beyond the long hair upon his feet.
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