Rascally
['rɑːskəlɪ] or ['ræskəli]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
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Definition
(a.) Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Wicked, villanous, bad.[2]. Mean, base, sorry, pitiful.
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Examples
- This tall man, Tom, is a rascally adventurer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- All this fuss about a rascally three hundred pound-house and not twenty carriages! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Rascally, pettifogging robbers! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You are,' continued Mr. Pickwick, resuming the thread of his discourse- -'you are a well-matched pair of mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is all summed up in that,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick; 'they are mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I said, Sir, that of all the disgraceful and rascally proceedings that ever were attempted, this is the most so. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To the court, the newspaper is a mysterious and rascally institution. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Where's--confound the fellow, what's his rascally name--Sikes; that's it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Pray, go on, sir--disgraceful and rascally proceedings, I think you said? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- D--n his rascally drunken soul! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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