rascally

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rascally - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rascally \Ras"cal*ly\ (r[a^]s"kal*l[y^]), a.
     Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; --
     often in humorous disparagement, without implication of
     dishonesty.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]

rascally - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rascally
      adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
             [syn: devilish, rascally, 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: rascally,
         roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]