impish
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Mr. Powell radiates such manly American likability that it’s bizarrely out of character for him to play this ruthless schemer, even as an impish chancer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
But the Rodgers and Hammerstein works stirred the soul in a way the more impish Rodgers and Hart shows couldn’t, and they remain cornerstones of the musical theater.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Manuel chips in enthusiastically with an impish grin, saying that the new systems that he too firmly believes will emerge will be the "next stage in humanity's evolution".
From BBC • May 25, 2025
With one foot in either place, we’re pulled between the impish naivete of childhood — when the future seemed vast and bright — and the doldrums of adulthood.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025
Then Annabeth blinked, and Leo was just regular old Leo again, with his usual impish grin.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing impish
Stargirl
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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The Color Purple
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