rakishly Definition

rake²
noun

1. old use
A fashionable man who lives a dissolute and immoral life.
Thesaurus: libertine, lecher, playboy, philanderer, gigolo, Don Juan, Casanova, sensualist, roué, profligate, Lothario.

Derivative: rakery
noun

Dissoluteness.

Derivative: rakish
adj

Dashing or jaunty.
Thesaurus: smart, dashing, chic, debonair, jaunty, flashy, raffish, dapper, natty.

(of a man or his behaviour) dissolute or promiscuous
Thesaurus: dissolute, depraved, loose, immoral, debauched, lecherous.

Derivative: rakishly
adverb

Derivative: rakishness
noun

Etymology: 17c: a short form of obsolete rakehell an utter scoundrel.

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rake³
noun

1. A sloping position, especially of a ship's funnel or mast backwards towards the stern, or of a ship's bow or stern in relation to the keel.
2. theat.
The slope of a stage.
3. The amount by which something slopes.
4. The angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface on which it is working.
5. The angle between the wings and body of an aircraft.

verb raked, raking

1. To set or construct at a sloping angle.
intr
2a. Said of a ship's mast or funnel: to slope backwards towards the stern;
intr
2b. Said of a ship's bow or stern: to project out beyond the keel.
3. Said of a theatre stage: to slope.

Derivative: rakish

Said of a ship: with raking masts.

Swift-looking.

Derivative: rakishly
adverb

Etymology: 17c: perhaps related to German ragen to project.