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waggish

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wag·gish  (wgsh)
adj.
Characteristic of or resembling a wag; jocular or witty.
waggish·ly adv.
waggish·ness n.
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Adj.1.waggish - witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper
humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"


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And now you shall listen to the Winsome Waggish Warblers, who have often cheered me in my moments of anguish.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
This ignorant, unconscious fearlessness of his made him a little waggish in the matter of whales; he followed these fish for the fun of it; and a three years' voyage round Cape Horn was only a jolly joke that lasted that length of time.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
replied a waggish soldier in a torn coat, with a wink, and passed on followed by another, an old man.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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