Adjective
- 1. devilish, rascally, roguish, playful (vs. unplayful)
- usage: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
- 2. rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly, dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable
- usage: 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"
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