roguish

[ roh-gish ]

/ ˈroʊ gɪʃ /

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adjective

pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.

playfully mischievous: a roguish smile.

Words nearby roguish

rogue wave, rogue's march, rogue's yarn, roguery, rogues' gallery, roguish, roh tae woo, rohnert park, rohrer, rohypnol, roi

Origin of roguish

First recorded in 1565–75; rogue + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM roguish

ro·guish·ly, adverbro·guish·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for roguishly

Samuel (roguishly): God heard thy prayer, and sent thee a little son to boast of.
Shorter Bible Plays|Rita Benton
"You wouldn't have that difficulty with Aunt Rachel," said Jack, roguishly.
Timothy Crump's Ward|Horatio Alger
Mr. Golding was sadly pleasant; Carrie was roguishly observant, but womanly and quiet.
Hoosier Mosaics|Maurice Thompson
Apolline again began laughing with the cooing notes of a dove, and looked at him sideways, roguishly, without answering.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete|Emile Zola

He promised me, roguishly enough, that he would have thought of a better than that by the time he sighted Cape Clear.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for roguishly

roguish

/ (ˈrəʊɡɪʃ) /

adjective

dishonest or unprincipled

mischievous or arch

Derived forms of roguish

roguishly, adverbroguishness, noun

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roguish

adjective

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Words nearby roguish

Origin of roguish

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British Dictionary definitions for roguishly

adjective

Derived forms of roguish