roguishly
Americanadverb
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in a playfully mischievous way.
She smiled roguishly and tickled him before he could defend himself.
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in a way that suggests a dangerous or unscrupulous character.
He was roguishly handsome, with a bad-boy charm that captivated men and women alike.
Etymology
Origin of roguishly
Example Sentences
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The young man works for the Foreign Office - or so he says - and, as portrayed by roguishly handsome Tom Burke, is both comforting and frightening at once.
From Washington Times • May 15, 2019
In Downsizing, the Austrian actor plays a roguishly corrupt Serbian wheeler-dealer – and the answer is, yes, his character is intensely cartoony.
From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2018
The cases are riveting, yet the biggest mystery of “Rogue Lawyer” is how Grisham can still devise all these distinctive characters, tricky legal predicaments and roguishly cheating ways to worm out of them.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2015
This may merely be before-battle nerves -- however, now that we've seen Kylo Ren wave his hand around Dameron's face, could something be wrong with the roguishly handsome pilot?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2015
Shorty sang in a low mumble, smiling, rolling his eyes, looking at the white man roguishly.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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