prankish
Example Sentences
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The movie, however, shrewdly relishes all identities in its mix of the humor inherent in his prankish folly and the sentimentality of a pie-in-the-sky dream.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Morse later said he battled depression and alcoholism while trying to branch into dramatic roles, frustrated at being typecast as a prankish star of musical comedies.
From Washington Post
"The Gentlemen" continues to showcase his crass flash, featuring more sophomoric antics than prankish teenage schoolboys.
From Salon
Wilson’s sensibility is more humane than harsh, poetic than prankish.
From New York Times
Could it be the supervillain of the Italian silent feature “Filibus,” a prankish, technology-savvy jewel thief who repeatedly confounds a famous detective and, also a master of disguise, is in fact a woman?
From New York Times
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