puckishness
Americannoun
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The audience is jollied along by Veneziale with polite puckishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 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
Moshfegh is the novelist for me right now; there’s such freedom and puckishness in her prose, and grandmaster technical wizardry, too.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
The site’s puckishness made it famous, but its loose, unconventional standards could get it into trouble.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2017
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