ˈspunkily, adv.
[f. spunky a.]
In a spunky manner; angrily, irritably. Also spiritedly, courageously (U.S.).
| 1890 Clark Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxiii. 228 The old chap very spunkily bestowed several emphatic nods upon her. 1949 J. Flanner in New Yorker 9 Apr. 58/2 A hundred artists, from all over Italy,..are spunkily giving their first show this month. 1976 Publishers Weekly 21 June 88/2 Judith hurries out to be with her sister and spunkily unravels the mystery. |