as in mischievous
tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness
those rascally boys had let all of the lab mice out of their cages
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In 1950, scientists deployed a virus called Myxoma to destroy the rascally rabbits.
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Bethany Brookshire, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
The Los Angeles Rams, starring as the rascally rabbit, defeated the slow-and-deliberate Cincinnati Bengals in a fascinating case study between completely opposite approaches to team-building.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
Esty’s flight from Brooklyn has the feel of a thriller, complete with a cat-and-mouse chase as Yanky and his rascally cousin Moishe fly to Germany in pursuit.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2020
Mitch and Haylie Ferguson said the rascally rodent had somehow gotten into the fireplace, then proceeded to go on a 10-minute rampage running around the living room, news agency SWNS reports.
—Fox News, 19 Dec. 2019
Oldest sib Creighton, 32, thought back to the family’s former home, the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River, and the cops who’d bug him and his rascally brothers around town.
—Sean Gregory/bongpyeong, Time, 11 Feb. 2018
The event, which is already sold-out in the elegant waterfront Clipper Room at Hammond Marina, will include topics from the history of farming to today's gardening and wrangling with rascally rabbit populations.
—Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2018
Bethany Brookshire, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
The Los Angeles Rams, starring as the rascally rabbit, defeated the slow-and-deliberate Cincinnati Bengals in a fascinating case study between completely opposite approaches to team-building.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
Esty’s flight from Brooklyn has the feel of a thriller, complete with a cat-and-mouse chase as Yanky and his rascally cousin Moishe fly to Germany in pursuit.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2020
Mitch and Haylie Ferguson said the rascally rodent had somehow gotten into the fireplace, then proceeded to go on a 10-minute rampage running around the living room, news agency SWNS reports.
—Fox News, 19 Dec. 2019
Oldest sib Creighton, 32, thought back to the family’s former home, the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River, and the cops who’d bug him and his rascally brothers around town.
—Sean Gregory/bongpyeong, Time, 11 Feb. 2018
The event, which is already sold-out in the elegant waterfront Clipper Room at Hammond Marina, will include topics from the history of farming to today's gardening and wrangling with rascally rabbit populations.
—Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2018
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“Rascally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rascally. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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