waggishness

Example Sentences

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The problem is that when he wrote well, you remembered his waggishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2019

At the controversy’s peak, Peele tweeted simply, “It’s a documentary,” poking the beehive with characteristic waggishness.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2017

Though Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison—with the permission of the author’s estate—have somewhat expanded and changed Dahl’s story, The BFG honors the author’s whimsical, waggishness impropriety.

From Time • May 16, 2016

Joviality and waggishness may not be traits you immediately associate with the Stalinist secret police.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2016

This ducal waggishness gave me time to observe that the sergeant's uneasiness was icy coldness in comparison with his lordship's.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.