[ UK /ɹˈɑːskə‍li/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. lacking principles or scruples
    the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy
    the rascally rabble
    the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew
  2. playful in an appealingly bold way
    a roguish grin
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How To Use rascally In A Sentence

  • This latter activity comes courtesy of a controversial religious camp for rascally teen ne'er-do-wells.
  • They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.
  • It is just a shameless rascally crazy dog broken spine fed by American.
  • A whoreson tisick, a whoreson rascally tisick so troubles me, and the foolish fortune of this girl; and what one thing, what another, that I shall leave you one o’ these days: and I have a rheum in mine eyes too, and such an ache in my bones that, unless a man were cursed, I cannot tell what to think on’t. Troilus and Cressida
  • As a result, he is ideally equipped to capture the essence of Rome: the loud traffic, fragrant markets, vigorous food and rascally bureaucratic corruption.
  • God, master fool, if you do not let me alone, or that you will presume to vex me any more, you shall receive from the best hand I have a mask wherewith to cover your rascally scroundrel face, you paltry shitten varlet. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
  • Had I been recognized in that den my life would not have been worth an hour's purchase; for I have used it before now for my own purposes, and the rascally lascar who runs it has sworn to have vengeance upon me. Sole Music
  • The entrance to the rock cave is still shown, at the mouth of Kaliuwaa valley, where Kamapuaa's grandmother shut up her chickens at night, and it was for robbing his uncle's henroost that this rascally pig-god was chased away from Oahu. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
  • She has a fondness for rascally men, a distaste for bossy wives, and a sympathy for anyone who leads with the heart instead of the brain.
  • [Footnote I: Rascally slaves in Greek comedies.] nequius nil est quam egens consili servos, nisi habet multipotens pectus: ubicumque usus siet, pectore expromat suo. nullus frugi esse potest homo, nisi qui et bene et male facere tenet. Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
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