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waggish /ˈwaɡɪʃ /adjective datedHumorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner: a waggish riposte...- Still, there is an irony to it that may appeal to Boris's waggish nature.
- In transcribing clumsy translations of the titles, I noticed that de Pomiane's titles were often waggish.
- The New York Times ran a waggish headline: ‘From the Voice of Dogma Comes the Sound of Music.’
Derivativeswaggishly /ˈwaɡɪʃ(ə)li/ adverb ...- As one observer noted waggishly, janitors take garbage away, they don't bring us more.
- Since the first of its Thirty-nine Articles describes god as ‘without body, parts, or passions,’ he waggishly theorized that the church was atheistic.
- One political scientist waggishly - but probably accurately - describes the average American's political ideology as a ‘mild blend of consensus and apathy.’
waggishness /ˈwaɡɪʃnəs/ noun ...- And that combination of waggishness with laddishness which goes down well in Britain will benefit his reputation.
- He has become a wellspring for wisdom and waggishness for a broad range of diverse historical figures and colorful characters.
- He was tall and athletic, shrewd, apt, and intelligent, with a ‘little sprinkling’ of waggishness.
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