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prankishly

  • a word derived from prankish.
    prankish
    adjective
    of the nature of a prank.

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Margo’s agenda is to extract revenge on her cheating boyfriend, which she does, with some reluctant help from Q, in prankishly creative ways.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 22, 2015

Their friends, who prankishly arrange their match, may think they understand what makes Beatrice and Benedick run.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2011

He lost a job as a movie usher after he prankishly led a line of ticket holders across the street to stand aimlessly in front of a department store.

From Time Magazine Archive

Publisher Patterson and prankishly asked whether the grits on his oatmeal were a growth stimulant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later, the eddying winds sometimes shot prankishly down it and playfully chased the smoke back into the room, but this only blackened the stones, giving my fireplace an air of antiquity.

From A Mountain Boyhood by Enos B. (Enos Benjamin) Comstock