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roguishly
[ roh-gish-lee ]
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of roguishly1
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Example Sentences
Or again, he paints Zephyr swinging roguishly by the side of a stream.
He pushed the sunbonnet back and patted her roguishly on the head.
She winked at me roguishly, and patted her heavy handbag significantly.
Much tickled, he sits down again and looks roguishly at Cleopatra, who is furious.
He promised me, roguishly enough, that he would have thought of a better than that by the time he sighted Cape Clear.
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