All 3 Uses of
mischievous
in
Bleak House
- But is there dandyism in the brilliant and distinguished circle notwithstanding, dandyism of a more mischievous sort, that has got below the surface and is doing less harmless things than jacktowelling itself and stopping its own digestion, to which no rational person need particularly object?†
Chpt 10-12 *
- "So that it is even more mischievous," said my guardian once to me, "to remonstrate with the poor dear fellow than to leave him alone."†
Chpt 43-45
- I saw too, and had experienced in this very interview, the sense of my guardian's remark that it was even more mischievous to use persuasion with him than to leave him as he was.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(mischievous) playfully causing minor trouble; or describing the smile of someone doing so