puckish

Example Sentences

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Twenty-five years later a puckish French horn player warned me, a literature major who didn’t yet have an email address, that the future lay in something called “hyperlinks.”

From New York Times

With this at the top of his mind, even the most eye-popping set piece becomes a puckish way of speaking truth to power — like a very, very elaborate prank.

From Los Angeles Times

His boss, Dalby, is played by Tom Hollander, whose puckish presence is another of the show’s improvements.

From New York Times

Almost from the beginning of his career, he has been marching away from the puckish libertarianism of his young adulthood.

From Seattle Times

This film ends up being as likeable as its puckish hero, who gets by on his good will.

From Salon