rakishly
adverb
rak·ish·ly ˈrā-kish-lē 
: in a rakish manner
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Tolmor, a rakishly handsome 51-year-old with thick silver hair, needs this project for reasons that go beyond the desire for a hit production. 
Manuel Roig-franzia, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 Hours, minutes and seconds are displayed in three sub-dials which, along with visible gears and cogs, make up a cluster of various-sized, rakishly off-kilter spheres on a dial that is domed gently by a layer of sapphire crystal. Nick Scott, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2022 Though not rakishly streamlined like Concorde, there was an air of glamor to these machines, which would whisk you to the continent in 35 minutes and serve you a drink en route. CNN, 13 Aug. 2021 Rios has his own head full of bad memories, chewing rakishly on the stub of a cigar while flying into peril. Laurence Scott, Wired, 28 Mar. 2020 Televisions hung from wall units on the calling-room floor; Adam Driver smiled rakishly on one, and the Pistons and the Cavaliers played basketball on another. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017 And finally, who is this rakishly handsome devil being interviewed by Shane? Chris Kohler, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2008 See More
Manuel Roig-franzia, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 Hours, minutes and seconds are displayed in three sub-dials which, along with visible gears and cogs, make up a cluster of various-sized, rakishly off-kilter spheres on a dial that is domed gently by a layer of sapphire crystal. Nick Scott, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2022 Though not rakishly streamlined like Concorde, there was an air of glamor to these machines, which would whisk you to the continent in 35 minutes and serve you a drink en route. CNN, 13 Aug. 2021 Rios has his own head full of bad memories, chewing rakishly on the stub of a cigar while flying into peril. Laurence Scott, Wired, 28 Mar. 2020 Televisions hung from wall units on the calling-room floor; Adam Driver smiled rakishly on one, and the Pistons and the Cavaliers played basketball on another. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017 And finally, who is this rakishly handsome devil being interviewed by Shane? Chris Kohler, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2008 See More Word History
First Known Use
1700, in the meaning defined above
- got the axe
- got the better of
- got the brush-off
- got the cold shoulder
- got the gist of
- got the go-ahead
- got the hang of
- got the old heave-ho
- got the shaft
- got there
- got through
- got through (to)
- got through to
- got to
- got together
- got up
- got used to
- got wind of
- got wise to
- got with it
- gotch
- gotcha
- gotchas
- gotched
- gote