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mischievous
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  • Mischievous little beggars they are, both of them, but talk about keenness!   (source)
    mischievous = tending toward playful misbehavior
  • What food for gossip to those mischievously inclined.   (source)
    mischievously = with a tendency of playful misbehavior
  • "Going out for exercise," answered Jo with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.   (source)
    mischievous = naughtily playful
  • To climb a wall, to break a branch, to purloin apples, is a mischievous trick in a child; for a man it is a misdemeanor; for a convict it is a crime.   (source)
  • I was sweeping the hearth, and I noticed a mischievous smile on her lips.   (source)
  • It was set on fire by mischievous boys, one Election night, if I do not mistake.   (source)
    mischievous = having fun by causing minor trouble
  • It's a little too mischievous for my liking.†   (source)
  • MY FATHER, GENE, WAS one of those young men who somehow manage to seem both solemn and mischievous.†   (source)
  • "Of a sort," he says mischievously.†   (source)
  • Mullet Fingers, who was shaking a snail off one of his new sneakers, flashed a mischievous glance.†   (source)
  • As she stood there in the middle of the sidewalk, with her head tilted up at us, and that quizzical look on her face, she looked like a mischievous child.†   (source)
  • "Perhaps you should go to the hospital, Angela; it's been so long since you've seen your Doctor D." She winked mischievously, but only Flora Baumbach smiled back.†   (source)
  • He's looking over his shoulder with a mischievous, enticing smile, and he has no clothes on.†   (source)
  • Essay stood in front of him, gaze resolute, mouth agape, eyes glinting and mischievous, as if waiting to see his reaction from that distant night.†   (source)
  • The girl isn't smiling, but she has a mischievous glint in her eye that reminds me of Kitty.†   (source)
  • His face was permanently stuck in a mischievous grin, showing a mouthful of white button teeth, as if he was about to do something he knew he wasn't supposed to—which was almost always the case.†   (source)
  • He was smiling, inviting me to laugh, as if we were two mischievous children.†   (source)
  • Paul grinned mischievously.†   (source)
  • He stood beside her, silent, until her dark eyes narrowed and her lips crept up mischievously.†   (source)
  • Teabing looked mischievous.†   (source)
  • Peter's mischievous look disappears.†   (source)
  • I felt a mischievous smile creeping across my face.†   (source)
  • It was clear from their plan — and from Sticky's mischievous grin — that by tomorrow most of the students at the Institute would be barfing up their suppers.†   (source)
  • She grinned mischievously.†   (source)
  • For the first time, I noticed that a lot of the campers had similar features: sharp noses, upturned eyebrows, mischievous smiles.†   (source)
  • All traces of his mischievous smile are gone now.†   (source)
  • His upper lip stretched into a long archer's bow, Ty's big smile that made him look handsome and mischievous.†   (source)
  • It was not intended, I think, as an entirely mischievous remark, but the remark took instant and astonishing hold of Lydia and my grandmother and me.†   (source)
  • He was mischievous and a terrible student, but he was hard to beat in an argument.†   (source)
  • I was getting a little mischievous by then as well.†   (source)
  • Bibwit's ears twitched mischievously.†   (source)
  • He laughs to himself, eyes glinting mischievously.†   (source)
  • "Are you going to the husking bee tonight?" she inquired mischievously.†   (source)
  • She had a mischievous grin on her face.†   (source)
  • Then he breaks into a mischievous smile and brushes past me.†   (source)
  • But Dr. Erland said nothing else, only smiled at her with mischievous eyes that filled her with suspicion.†   (source)
  • George was an enormous, mischievous, grown-up kid.†   (source)
  • He grins mischievously and drums his fingers against the locker.†   (source)
  • Their principal, Mr. Krupp, would probably have a few more choice words to include, like sneaky, and criminally mischievous, and "I'll get those boys if it's the last thing I …."†   (source)
  • This girl had bright red hair; her movements were swift, her face sharp and mischievous and strange, and her eyes were an odd color, a golden honeybee brown.†   (source)
  • She squinted at me mischievously.†   (source)
  • Noah shot me his mischievous grin.†   (source)
  • Her voice was louder as she peered at me with a mischievous expression.†   (source)
  • She smiled mischievously.†   (source)
  • Like talking to young men, unsupervised," she said with a mischievous smile.†   (source)
  • His beautiful, strong, mischievous, generous, fun-loving sister.†   (source)
  • Abruptly, his unpredictable mood shifted again; a mischievous, devastating smile rearranged his features.†   (source)
  • Annie arched her eyebrows mischievously.†   (source)
  • "I just had to see your rocket, Sonny," she said mischievously, taking me by my arm and walking me away from the other girls.†   (source)
  • He was a nineteen-year-old assistant manager with a sly, mischievous look.†   (source)
  • Boy, there's a mischievous side to Lemry.†   (source)
  • "I'm going dancing tonight," Jennie said, mischievously tapping out a rhythm on the floor.†   (source)
  • If she were a petite woman, the hair would be too cute, too mischievous and contrived.†   (source)
  • Fenoglio smiled as mischievously as one of his grandsons.†   (source)
  • The dummy grinned up at her, a mischievous grin on his face.†   (source)
  • Aunt Queen smiled with a mischievous grin.†   (source)
  • Bram grins mischievously at me, still wearing his sleep-clothes.†   (source)
  • His eyes are mischievous, his lashes are long.†   (source)
  • In fact she was pregnant again, and this news gave rise to a popular song, more mischievous than malicious, whose chorus was heard for the rest of the year: What d'you think she does over there, this beauty from our earth?†   (source)
  • "I know you're not the type of girl to make out with random guys in the woods," he'd said with a mischievous grin, "but maybe you should be."†   (source)
  • I waited to see a flash of the old Laura, with the mischievous grin and inevitable wisecrack, but none of that came.†   (source)
  • Autumn came and with it a whole new mischievous game: Attack the Leaf Pile.†   (source)
  • He required his pupils to take the following oath: I will follow that system or regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider to be for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.†   (source)
  • The eyes are petulant, mischievous.†   (source)
  • I didn't envy them the uncertainty of their existence; but I did envy that sense of promise I could well remember, that the evening ahead might yet hold some mischievous pleasure.†   (source)
  • At its edge was a silver-framed photograph of a dark-haired girl, beautiful but with a mischievous look; a young woman on her way to becoming dangerous, he thought.†   (source)
  • Months went by, in fact, before our "home" changed much at all from what it was the day we moved in—bare floors, blanket partitions, one bulb in each compartment dangling from a roof beam, and open ceilings overhead so that mischievous boys likeRay and Kiyo could climb up into the rafters and peek into anyone's life.†   (source)
  • His mouth was the only feature I could see beneath it, and it curved in a mischievous smile.†   (source)
  • As he was brought into the warehouse, Smith recognized his old foe, Dewey; he stopped chewing a hunk of Doublemint gum he had in his mouth, and grinned and winked at Dewey, jaunty and mischievous.†   (source)
  • Want another bite?" he asks mischievously, acting like the Alex I know.†   (source)
  • Then he grinned, mischievously.†   (source)
  • At the family table, this mischievous older sister handed me a plate that contained a single chicken wing.†   (source)
  • August is gracious, charming, and mischievous--so much so that as the evening wears on I begin to think the incident with Rex was just a joke gone awry.†   (source)
  • For one thing, many are just plain mischievous.†   (source)
  • I also had a secret weapon in Osten, who was the most mischievous of us all and would help me if I asked him to, probably with minimal persuasion.†   (source)
  • She grinned mischievously, like a little blonde elf.†   (source)
  • "If I were you, Johnnie, I'd just aspire as hard as I could in that direction," she said recklessly, her mischievous glance upon the flowing lines of Johnnie's young shoulders and throat.†   (source)
  • He had a bit of a mischievous grin on his face which I suspect came from his private thoughts about Jason's work experience on Gus Caldwell's ranch.†   (source)
  • She was milky pale, with short curly brown hair and thick glasses over mischievous brown eyes.†   (source)
  • "Sure," the intelligence officer said mischievously.†   (source)
  • A mischievous glint in her eye revealed that she was joking--a little bit.†   (source)
  • Concerned that Pollard's famously mischievous ad-libs might get them kicked off the air, Alexander had come prepared.†   (source)
  • She had a mischievous smile and looked ready to take on the world.†   (source)
  • ALLAN CAMERON was a mischievous kid.†   (source)
  • Aven said with a mischievous grin.†   (source)
  • But then I finally saw her coming through the side doors of the lobby, her hair beneath her bonnet brim sparkling from the light rain, the child rushing as if on a mischievous escapade, lighting the faces of doting men and women as she mounted the grand staircase and passed me, as if she hadn't seen me at all.†   (source)
  • With her white linen dress, her winter gloves, her sweet toothless smile, and the mischievous gleam in her hazel eyes, she looked exactly as she had when Alba was a child.†   (source)
  • A mischievous smile spread across her face.†   (source)
  • Larry Wakeford stares in silence at the blonde, butch-cut, mischievously cocked head of a student-a delightfully contentious senior named Leslie-and notices a ray of late afternoon sunlight reflecting off her nostril stud.†   (source)
  • A shiver of rage ran through me as I noticed his mischievous smile.†   (source)
  • They hinted at a playfulness, a mischievousness, that life's disappointments hadn't quite snuffed out.†   (source)
  • The girl was slender, with glossy dark hair pulled back from her face, and a mischievous expression.†   (source)
  • "We should walk through the forest," she said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.†   (source)
  • Wait a minute… Cesar looked over Maria's shoulder and saw his players watching and grinning mischievously.†   (source)
  • "Have you been to Anaheim?" he asked mischievously.†   (source)
  • He showed them in a mischievous grin when Tom pulled up in the Chevy.†   (source)
  • Like a mischievous childhood playmate, memory taunted him from hiding place after hiding place in a deep garden of the past dappled by light and shadow.†   (source)
  • He grinned mischievously.†   (source)
  • A mischievous twinkle entered Mr. Vincenti's eyes.†   (source)
  • For a heartbeat it seemed as if a mischievous boy was peering out from inside the cheesemonger's bloated flesh.†   (source)
  • Nudge was trying not to laugh, even Fang was grinning, and the Gasman looked … mischievous.†   (source)
  • They're barely out of their teens, tall and skinny with mischievous eyes.†   (source)
  • Commerce looked over at me with a mischievous, excited expression.†   (source)
  • "Time to go," she replied with a mischievous smile.†   (source)
  • Some of the mischievous creatures tried to escape; others attempted to compromise our virtue.†   (source)
  • "That's her job," Veronica says, and then adds, in a dramatic, mischievous tone: "She's the nurse of the night."†   (source)
  • I saw April smile mischievously at Jalil.†   (source)
  • The appointment of a second person as Vice President has been objected to as superfluous, if not mischievous.†   (source)
  • He got a mischievous look in his eye.†   (source)
  • He reportedly says to his jurors if his teaching about the nature of virtue "corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person."†   (source)
  • She gave me a mischievous grin I hadn't seen in thirty years.†   (source)
  • And the Communists are much too mischievous.†   (source)
  • HESTHER [mischievously]: A new God.†   (source)
  • He paused for a moment, then glanced mischievously up at the towering figure of his passenger.†   (source)
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  • As they were leaving the convent door, the big nun swooped down on her mischievously and nearly smothered her in the black habit, mashing the side of her face into the crucifix hitched onto her belt and then holding her off and looking at her with little periwinkle eyes.†   (source)
  • But this mischievous, girlish infatuation was short-lived.†   (source)
  • Mischievously, at the suggestion of those sounds, Bowman's heart leapt again.†   (source)
  • (Mischievously) Is it good, son Roper?†   (source)
  • She looked at him with the droll, mischievous expression of a child.†   (source)
  • And I found myself doing all sorts of mischievous things simply to have something to tell you about.   (source)
    mischievous = naughtily playful
  • "I do, and I do not," said he mischievously.   (source)
    mischievously = in a playfully naughty manner
  • The Widow Wycherly--if so fresh a damsel could be called a widow--tripped up to the doctor's chair, with a mischievous merriment in her rosy face.   (source)
    mischievous = naughtily playful
  • In fact, every one seemed to like her; even the boys did not tease her, and the boys of our town, especially the schoolboys, are a mischievous set.   (source)
  • It was obviously strange to her to think that this stern handsome man should be Andrusha—the slender mischievous boy who had been her playfellow in childhood.   (source)
    mischievous = tending toward playful misbehavior
  • Later, Morrie would grin mischievously and say, "I'm getting to him.†   (source)
  • She rolled her eyes, and he smiled at her mischievously.†   (source)
  • I snap my gaze back up to his and he's grinning mischievously again.†   (source)
  • "Well, he probably used up a lot of resources helping me knock you out," I say mischievously.†   (source)
  • She grins mischievously, in a way that makes her look like a teenaged shirtwaist girl again.†   (source)
  • Everyone turns to stare at me and he grins mischievously.†   (source)
  • "I'm not sure," Doug said mischievously.†   (source)
  • Angela winked at Eragon mischievously, then dashed away, spinning her staff-sword like a dervish.†   (source)
  • He smiles at me mischievously and yells, "Darth Vader!"†   (source)
  • The queen smiled mischievously, and for the first time, Hazel felt jealous of Reyna.†   (source)
  • Connor cackled mischievously and thumped the table with his fist.†   (source)
  • His gorgeous eyes, so dark they looked black and bottomless, sparkled mischievously.†   (source)
  • "Is it because you like him?" asked Ximena, smiling mischievously.†   (source)
  • He stopped a dozen paces to the east and twirled around, eyes sparkling mischievously.†   (source)
  • Both of them grinned mischievously at me when I climbed into the passenger's seat.†   (source)
  • "Live and let live, Cassie," her mother said, meaning it mischievously.†   (source)
  • JILL [mischievously]: Ladies and gentlemen aren't naked?†   (source)
  • He grinned mischievously.†   (source)
  • Grandfather's eyes gleam mischievously.†   (source)
  • She giggled mischievously.†   (source)
  • His eyes glinted mischievously.†   (source)
  • Her eyes sparkled mischievously.†   (source)
  • She grinned mischievously.†   (source)
  • His smiled mischievously.†   (source)
  • She'll simply let you know that she wants you to ask her," Cynthia added, her eyes twinkling mischievously.†   (source)
  • He smiled mischievously.†   (source)
  • I'll never know what possessed them, riding in like that," said Miss Myra almost mischievously; and Miss Theo turned.†   (source)
  • Glick turned to Macri with a mischievous wink.†   (source)
  • She gave me a mischievous smile, but seeing her again was almost too painful to bear.†   (source)
  • "So," Eric said with a mischievous grin on his face, "what are you going to do?"†   (source)
  • I said this last thing to be mischievous.†   (source)
  • Sonny had a loud laugh and mischievous eyes that squinted nearly closed when he smiled.†   (source)
  • "Uh-huh," she said, her expression mischievous.†   (source)
  • Mary Whitney was a fun-loving girl, and very mischievous and bold in her speech when we were alone.†   (source)
  • Even his mischievous smile was Johann's.†   (source)
  • I loved the way his lips turned up—part mischievous smile, part man of mystery.†   (source)
  • I noted the mischievous gleam in her eye.†   (source)
  • Pullum pointed at me and grinned a mischievous grin.†   (source)
  • Noah didn't walk, he stalked and I loved the mischievous glint in his eye when he stalked me.†   (source)
  • "I'm an old hypocrite, too," he says, his eyes mischievous again.†   (source)
  • He licked his lips before flashing a mischievous smile.†   (source)
  • "You catch my drift?" he said, smiling a mischievous grin.†   (source)
  • He's no longer smiling but his eyes are mischievous.†   (source)
  • His two friends stared at me when he gave me his mischievous grin.†   (source)
  • My heart lifted at the sound of that deep, mischievous voice.†   (source)
  • Then, with a mischievous grin: "Could be worse, though, too."†   (source)
  • A mischievous grin rearranged his features.†   (source)
  • Julie's eyes took on a mischievous gleam as she leaned forward in her seat.†   (source)
  • She paused, and her eyes took on a mischievous gleam.†   (source)
  • Blaze shrugged, her expression mischievous, and Ronnie smiled.†   (source)
  • She leaned out even farther, glancing back at Garrett with a mischievous smile.†   (source)
  • Perhaps, he thought, he'd done it because he was feeling good and a little mischievous.†   (source)
  • Finally Courtney looked at Mark with a mischievous smile and said, "I'm gonna try it.†   (source)
  • They both grin at me like mischievous little boys.†   (source)
  • He was quite the mischievous child at times, so I can only imagine how frustrated you must get.†   (source)
  • She gave them a quick, mischievous grin, and whispered, "But they seem so silly-! those I've met.†   (source)
  • "You're welcome," Sophia said, her expression mischievous.†   (source)
  • Such mischievous calling cards I have, I'm afraid."†   (source)
  • A mischievous grin crosses Gavin's face.†   (source)
  • You're just some mischievous spirit, some watcher in the woods.†   (source)
  • Once the woman had gone, Nigel looked at Max with a decidedly boyish, mischievous expression.†   (source)
  • I promise I won't get them so fast," Max said with a mischievous grin.†   (source)
  • She chuckled and the mischievous sparkle in her eyes made her look like a little girl.†   (source)
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