puckishness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The audience is jollied along by Veneziale with polite puckishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
It also seemed he had been onto something when he had showed the capacity to wink and had achieved puckishness by telling the Japanese media, “I might be the beast of these Olympics.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
His voice is a little raspier than it once was, but that signature puckishness is fully intact.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2020
Barry’s offbeat juxtapositions take some getting used to, which may explain why its debut season focused so heavily on establishing its tonal puckishness and its own version of L.A.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2019
The young British choreographer Liam Scarlett still looks cherubic: curly-haired, wide-eyed, with a touch of puckishness.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2014
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