rascally
Example Sentences
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“Simon, I have no doubt that you are an excellent thief, and a dreadful knave, and a rascally rogue as well. But you would be far too conspicuous in an all-girls’ school.
From Literature
“I have no idea what he’s talking about,” Carpenter says, halfway between self-deprecation and something more rascally.
From Los Angeles Times
Our brains know a cartoon isn’t real — be it a rascally rabbit, a culinary rat or a dragon with the same sheen as salt licorice — and yet our hearts gift it with life.
From Los Angeles Times
Bertha starts backing up, and Junior flashes a rascally grin from the door.
From Literature
Her depictions of their habits and foibles are laced with considerable wit — and subjective assessments: “rascally” California scrub jays, “voracious” Townsend’s warblers, “solitary nonconformist” hermit thrushes, murderous crows, fiercely competitive hummingbirds.
From Los Angeles Times
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