Roguishly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a roguish manner.

    "[H]e besought one of the young men domiciled with Marheyo for the loan of his spear. But he was refused; the youth roguishly telling him that the weapon was very good for him (the Typee), but that a white man could fight much better with his fists."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a playfully roguish manner wordnet
  2. 2
    like a dishonest rogue wordnet

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in funinfamously

Example

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"[H]e besought one of the young men domiciled with Marheyo for the loan of his spear. But he was refused; the youth roguishly telling him that the weapon was very good for him (the Typee), but that a white man could fight much better with his fists."

Etymology

From roguish + -ly.

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