mischievously
In a mischievous mannerIn a mischievous manner.
Meaning
1 sensesIn a mischievous manner.
- in a disobedient or naughty way
Examples
10 sentencesTom winked mischievously.
ruТом озорно подмигнул. — Wezel
They giggled mischievously as they plotted their prank.
The coarse sieve mocks the fine sieve, while the sheepskin rug smiles mischievously.
When the coarse sieve laughs at the fine sieve, the sheepskin rug smiles mischievously.
Stop smiling so mischievously.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English mischevously, myschevously, equivalent to mischievous + -ly.From Middle English mischevously, myschevously, equivalent to mischievous + -ly.
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Forms
more mischievously, most mischievously| Comparative | more mischievously Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most mischievously |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.