raffishly

1. 1.

   in a rakish manner

   “she wore her hat rakishly at an angle”

   Synonymsrakishlycarelessly

Questions about raffishly

What does raffishly mean?

raffishly means "in a rakish manner".

How many syllables are in raffishly?

raffishly has 3 syllables: raf-fish-ly. The stress falls on "raf".

What is another word for raffishly?

Close synonyms include rakishly, carelessly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is raffishly a common word?

raffishly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.