roguishness
Example Sentences
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"Len was different to anyone else in the dancing business - he was a wonderful character, he had a roguishness about him - he had twinkle," he said in a statement online.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
The may exhibit a certain naivete or roguishness or even the desire to be left alone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
There were elements of that roguishness in the ’80s and the ’90s, but after 9/11, the unit’s size and its operational tempo just exploded exponentially, and just the same, its problems exploded exponentially.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2022
That right-brained roguishness, the linguist John McWhorter tells us, sets profanities apart from ordinary words, which are mediated by the comparatively sober left brain.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2021
The child herself was quite indescribable—the daintiest little creature, with the most captivating expression of innocence and roguishness.
From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Amy Fay
