Translations for „archness“ in the English » German Dictionary

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archness

Schlauheit f

archness

Durchtriebenheit f

archness

Schalkhaftigkeit f

archness

Schelmerei f

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English

If not for the archness of it all, it's still a great idea for a short being drawn out to feature-length, and it suffers slightly for that.

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Though there is pathos in this, it is also an example of a certain archness that occasionally enters the storytelling.

www.independent.co.uk

Archness finishes in a dead heat with artificiality.

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With characteristic archness, she once described her life after the affair as "a long, slow descent into respectability".

www.independent.ie

Her archness was not bold nor unwomanly, and her vivacity was well within the bounds of refinement and good taste.

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Fifteen minutes, that is, of grating archness that challenged any viewer not to escape into the kitchen for a cup of tea.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

It's so on-the-nose that it seems to be sneering at its archness.

www.theglobeandmail.com