How To Use waggery In A Sentence
- They are tedious, but the "waggery" is conspicuous by its absence.] {509} [mq] _With all his laurels growing upon one tree_. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6
- Countenances of such amazement were turned towards him, that Small, who had a keen sense of the ludicrous, could scarcely forbear smiling as he proceeded; and if we could suspect so grave a personage of waggery, we should almost think that, by way of retaliation, he had palmed some abstruse, monkish epicedium upon his astounded auditors. Rookwood
- It is evident, however, that the peculiarities of the latter, and his guileless simplicity, made him a butt for the broad waggery of some of his associates; while others more polished, though equally perfidious, are on the watch to give currency to his bulls and blunders. The Life of Oliver Goldsmith
- He writes, however, as Darwin did not, with dry humor (although he also occasionally descends to donnish waggery).
- Pleasantry is allowable, not waggery. Besides, even laughter must be kept in check.
- This was wicked waggery, especially when it was directed to mar all the attempts of the unfortunate poet to improve his personal appearance, about which he was at all times dubiously sensitive, and particularly when among the ladies. The Life of Oliver Goldsmith
- They are always lounging against the store windows or posts for support, bleary-eyed, dissipated, swaggery, staggery. Prudence Says So
- Perhaps you will surprise yourself and end up finding how you too are a mixture of ‘gravity and waggery.’
- Smith's art, in fact, expands upon his previous waggery to include increased interplay between characters, and even more of his intricate detail work.
- The waggery may be more or less refined, it may run the whole gamut from open clownery to a slightly ironical twinkle, but it is always there.
