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rascally

[ras-kuh-lee] / ˈræs kə li /










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“I have no idea what he’s talking about,” Carpenter says, halfway between self-deprecation and something more rascally.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

He paused, then gave the crowd a rascally grin: “It sounds much better when I sing it.”

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

After our snowiest January in six years and our coldest in eight years, will February and the rascally groundhog offer any fast routes to spring?

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2022

But that didn't stop director Chris Columbus from auditioning more than 100 other rascally pre-teens for the part.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2021

‘Well, I have rather a rascally look, have I not?’ said Strider with a curl of his lip and a queer gleam in his eye.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien