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roguishly

[ roh-gish-lee ]

/ ˈroʊ gɪʃ li /

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adverb

in a playfully mischievous way:She smiled roguishly and tickled him before he could defend himself.

in a way that suggests a dangerous or unscrupulous character:He was roguishly handsome, with a bad-boy charm that captivated men and women alike.

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Origin of roguishly

Words nearby roguishly

rogue state, rogue's yarn, rogue trader, rogue wave, roguish, roguishly, Rohingya, Röhm, Rohnert Park, Rohrer, Roh Tae-woo

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How to use roguishly in a sentence

Or again, he paints Zephyr swinging roguishly by the side of a stream.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
He pushed the sunbonnet back and patted her roguishly on the head.
Patchwork|Anna Balmer Myers
She winked at me roguishly, and patted her heavy handbag significantly.
Sense from Thought Divide|Mark Irvin Clifton
Much tickled, he sits down again and looks roguishly at Cleopatra, who is furious.
Caesar and Cleopatra|George Bernard Shaw

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