Rascally

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rascally \Ras"cal*ly\ (r[a^]s"kal*l[y^]), a.
     Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; --
     often in humorous disparagement, without implication of
     dishonesty.
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           Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rascally
       adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: {devilish},
               {roguish}]
       2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the
          tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray;
          "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: {roguish},
           {scoundrelly}, {blackguardly}]