Puckishly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Mischievously; playfully.

    "At the start of lockdown, some puckishly predicted that all those couples locked away together would set off a pandemic baby boom."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an appealing but bold manner wordnet

Synonyms

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impishlyin fun

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"At the start of lockdown, some puckishly predicted that all those couples locked away together would set off a pandemic baby boom."

Etymology

From puckish + -ly.

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