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  • adverb In a vixenish manner.

Etymologies

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vixenish +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • And Ms. Nixon vixenishly responds, "And he's bringing grapes!"

    SEX AND THE SODA Toby O'B 2005

  • Her father had departed, her mother treated her vixenishly, snubbing her for a word, but the ugly business of yesterday seemed a matter settled and dismissed.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Her father had departed, her mother treated her vixenishly, snubbing her for a word, but the ugly business of yesterday seemed a matter settled and dismissed.

    The Tragic Comedians — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

  • Her father had departed, her mother treated her vixenishly, snubbing her for a word, but the ugly business of yesterday seemed a matter settled and dismissed.

    The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868

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