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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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Origin of roguishly1
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Example Sentences
Or again, he paints Zephyr swinging roguishly by the side of a stream.
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He pushed the sunbonnet back and patted her roguishly on the head.
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She winked at me roguishly, and patted her heavy handbag significantly.
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Much tickled, he sits down again and looks roguishly at Cleopatra, who is furious.
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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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