knavish
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Jess is direct but guarded when it comes to her life, and John is pretentious and calculating, though he gets Jess to open up with his knavish charm.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
His DJ, on the other hand, is a knavish Han Solo type without a mitigating heroic streak.
From The Verge ● Mar. 30, 2018
Gentle readers will recall that this is the Shakespeare play in which, among a great many other things, a knavish sprite named Puck turns a man into an ass.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2017
The phrase "Thy choicest gifts in store" sounds like a supermarket advert, and "knavish tricks" is all too reminiscent of the Bullingdon Club.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2016
I thought of the knavish Edmund and his dark desires.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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In the Shadow of Liberty
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