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Definition
naughtily or annoyingly playful
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tending to create mischief (minor harm — especially from bad behavior)
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tending to create mischief (minor harm — especially from bad behavior)
- 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.p. 42.7
- I prefer the way the Rev. Mr. Foster serves the bread to the mischievous style of Canon Mackie; the canon delights in giving me the tiniest wafer he has in his hand—a veritable crumb!p. 226.2
There are no more uses of "mischievous" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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