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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And he joked roguishly that he and Duke were both “wizards under the sheets.”
From Washington Post
She was a woman who loved women and courted them roguishly.
From New York Times
“This morning I was looking for a clean shirt and this was it,” he said roguishly.
From New York Times
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
He has roguishly refused to wear his own delegation’s blue polo shirt, believing that a suit and tie better reflect the importance of his duty as a delegate.
From Washington Post
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