roguish
adjective
playfully mischievous.
roguishness
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a word derived from
roguish.
Example Sentences
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"Len was different to anyone else in the dancing business - he was a wonderful character, he had a roguishness about him - he had twinkle," he said in a statement online.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
The may exhibit a certain naivete or roguishness or even the desire to be left alone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
That right-brained roguishness, the linguist John McWhorter tells us, sets profanities apart from ordinary words, which are mediated by the comparatively sober left brain.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2021
The other good news—I guess it’s all good news today!—is that this is pretty age-appropriate roguishness, and not something you have to worry too much about.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2020
"I don't see any one looking," she said, and her eyes took on a pathetic suggestion of the roguishness her face must have worn in girlhood.
From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Hamlin Garland
