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Rascally

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ras·cal  (rskl)
n.
1. One that is playfully mischievous.
2. An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.
adj. Archaic
Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the common people: "Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Peace" John Dryden.
[Middle English rascaile, rabble, commoners, from Old French rascaille, probably from rasque, mud, from Vulgar Latin *rsicre, to scrape; see rash2.]
rascal·ly adj.
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Adj.1.rascally - playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
roguish, devilish
playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
2.rascally - 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"
blackguardly, scoundrelly, roguish
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive


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"I confess," said the Accuser, "that in comparison with the rascally way in which you have conducted yourself on the Bench, the rascally way in which you got there does seem rather a trifle.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
I have given them a thrashing they will remember; a set of cowardly, rascally `orange' blackguards.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
In former days my rascally colleagues used to tell me that I was unfit even to be seen; in fact, they so disliked me that at length I began to dislike myself, for, being frequently told that I was stupid, I began to believe that I really was so.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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