rascally

[US]/'rɑːskəlɪ/
[UK]/'ræskəli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. mischievous; dishonest
adv. mischievously; dishonestly

Example Sentences

He has a rascally sense of humor.

The rascally kids were up to no good.

The cat had a rascally look in its eyes.

She gave him a rascally smile.

The rascally puppy chewed up the shoes.

He pulled off a rascally prank on his friend.

The rascally squirrel stole the nuts.

The rascally behavior got him in trouble.

She couldn't stay mad at his rascally antics.

The rascally cat knocked over the vase.

Real-world Examples

This rascally little mammal is extremely adaptable.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

But for now, we're on the hunt for our rascally vasculies.

Source: Crash Course Botany

So, yeah, pretty different from restoration comedy which was witty, rascally and deeply cynical about human nature and society.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

But then those fellows never have rascally faces, or they would be arrested immediately.

Source: 11. Around the World in 80 Days (29 completed articles)

Have you so much as asked yourself if she loved your rascally grand-duke? Have you asked yourself if she loved anybody?

Source: The Mystery of 813 (Part Two)

My chief creditor is, unhappily, my most bitter enemy—a rascally fellow, Sam Brewer, whom I was once compelled to horsewhip on Newmarket Heath.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Part Two)

So up she ran from the cellar; and sure enough the rascally cur had got the steak in his mouth, and was making off with it.

Source: Grimm's Fairy Tales (Volume 1)

Some rascally speculators had profited from the funding of the debt at face value, but that was only an incident in the restoration of public credit.

Source: American history

As if too long lurking behind the headlands, till the Pequod should fairly have entered the straits, these rascally Asiatics were now in hot pursuit, to make up for their over-cautious delay.

Source: Moby-Dick

There was a rascally smile on his white face as he turned round, and looking sharply out from under his thick red eyebrows, bent his ear towards the door, and listened.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

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