waggishly adverb
waggishness noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Synonyms
- arch,
- devilish,
- elvish,
- espiègle,
- impish,
- knavish,
- leprechaunish,
- mischievous,
- pixie
- (also pixy),
- pixieish,
- prankish,
- puckish,
- rascally,
- roguish,
- scampish,
- sly,
- tricksy,
- wicked
Recent Examples on the Web
//Re-teaming with producer James Ford (Haim, Depeche Mode), frontman Alex Turner trades in piercing guitar for jaunty piano for a waggish, if at times uninspired meditation on fame in the digital age.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "Review: Arctic Monkeys' 'Tranquility Base Hotel' is a weird, often enjoyable stay," 10 May 2018
//Carney’s attitude is waggish but jovial, never crossing into anger.
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Seth Stevenson, Slate Magazine, "The Daily Show," 10 Apr. 2017
//His melancholy, along with his waggish humor, goes more unguarded in his songs.
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Michael Schulman, New York Times, "Rufus Wainwright’s 10-Year Journey Back to Judy Garland," 4 June 2016
//Not specifically based on Che Guevara, Richard Bermudez’s Che is a waggish yet mild-mannered gadfly, a cynical, harshly critical observer of the Perón regime.
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Orange County Register, "‘Evita’ lives up to its grand opera format," 15 Feb. 2017
//BETHPAGE, N.Y. — It's been a decade since Kevin James and Leah Remini played pugnacious partners on CBS' The King of Queens, but their waggish rankling never stopped.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "Leah Remini, Kevin James are just married (again) in 'Kevin Can Wait' finale," 30 Apr. 2017
First Known Use of waggish
1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries near waggish
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofwaggish
tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness
- a waggish disposition that often got him into trouble as a child
- arch,
- devilish,
- elvish,
- espiègle,
- impish,
- knavish,
- leprechaunish,
- mischievous,
- pixie
- (also pixy),
- pixieish,
- prankish,
- puckish,
- rascally,
- roguish,
- scampish,
- sly,
- tricksy,
- wicked
More Definitions forwaggish
: showing or done in a spirit of harmless mischief