Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - cheeky

(cheekier, cheekiest) If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way. (mainly BRIT) The boy was cheeky and casual... Martin gave her a cheeky grin. ADJ • cheekily He strolled cheekily past the commissionaires for a free wash in the gentlemen’s cloakroom. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV with cl