| All her animation and archness had not rendered it half so pleasant to look upon. |
| Moreover, his fascination with B-movies, science fiction and the rest of pop culture was self-conscious but not qualified by archness or irony. |
| There's a sense of delicacy and detail in his approach that saves it from descending into rarefied archness. |
| She looked at him with a concern which was to me more engaging than her archness. |
| Her archness was a shade stiff, but her neck was one of her chief attractions. |
| I found this a satisfying device, teetering on archness, but successful in maintaining a playful tone. |
