All 4 Uses of
mischievous
in
War and Peace
- 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.
Chpt 1 *mischievous = tending toward playful misbehavior
- Petya was a big handsome boy of thirteen, merry, witty, and mischievous, with a voice that was already breaking.†
Chpt 7
- Natasha suddenly said with a mischievous smile such as Princess Mary had not seen on her face for a long time, "he has somehow grown so clean, smooth, and fresh—as if he had just come out of a Russian bath; do you understand?†
Chpt 15
- And the same mischievous smile lingered for a long time on her face as if it had been forgotten there.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(mischievous) playfully causing minor trouble; or describing the smile of someone doing so