Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rascally"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rascally \Ras"cal*ly\, a.
Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; --
often in humorous disparagement, without implication of
dishonesty.
Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rascally
adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: {devilish},
{roguish}]
2: 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" [syn: {roguish},
{scoundrelly}, {blackguardly}]
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