raffish
adjective
mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist.
raffishness
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a word derived from
raffish.
Example Sentences
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There are moments in some of his performances in which a bullfighter’s raffishness shines through.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
Lapo's Wardrobe by Gucci brings Elkann's devil-may-care raffishness to menswear and accessories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2014
But while those places have lost their Johnny-come-lately airs, Kuala Lumpur retains its charming frontier-town raffishness.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2011
Around her and her nephew Pat Author Dennis has fashioned a frothy drawing-room comedy spiked with smoking-room raffishness and powder-room chitchat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The visit to the barber took away some of his nocturnal raffishness, and Michael found him very amusing during the various discussions that took place in the Agencies.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
