impish
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Impish and amused, he’s pretending to be perturbed, and the photographer is in on the joke.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2021
The house used to belong to Rose Impoliteri, a bucket of bright Italian paint on New York’s stolid white canvas, and a riot of premonitory associations: Rose the Impolite, Rose the Loitering, Rose the Impish.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2017
Impish and sometimes short-tempered, Mr. Mulvaney seemed to chafe at serving in the shadow of Mr. Gowdy and Mr. Scott, who are best friends and shining stars in their party and home state.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2016
Impish Kyle Walker should give Glen Johnson a challenge for the right-back spot if Aitch gives him some games.
From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2011
Impish he was, or might be, but only in the sort of the crow or the parrot; there was no malevolence in his fine malice.
From The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse by Howells, William Dean
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