rascally
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
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dishonest or mean; base
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archaic (esp of places) wretchedly unpleasant; miserable
adverb
Etymology
Origin of rascally
Example Sentences
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Our brains know a cartoon isn’t real — be it a rascally rabbit, a culinary rat or a dragon with the same sheen as salt licorice — and yet our hearts gift it with life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
Katigbak is a treasure of Off Off Broadway, and remains so here, as does Tina Benko, who plays a rascally entrepreneur.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2022
And then he lost it — not just the final-round lead in the Masters, where he flared an 8-iron into Rae’s Creek at the rascally par-3 12th, but his game.
From Washington Post • May 5, 2022
But that didn't stop director Chris Columbus from auditioning more than 100 other rascally pre-teens for the part.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2021
“Simon, I have no doubt that you are an excellent thief, and a dreadful knave, and a rascally rogue as well. But you would be far too conspicuous in an all-girls’ school.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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