All 6 Uses
mischievous
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Pushing the Limits
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- His two friends stared at me when he gave me his mischievous grin.†
p. 86.7
- I loved the way his lips turned up—part mischievous smile, part man of mystery.†
p. 170.6
- My heart lifted at the sound of that deep, mischievous voice.†
p. 185.8
- He licked his lips before flashing a mischievous smile.†
p. 231.2
- Noah shot me his mischievous grin.†
p. 254.1 *
- Noah didn't walk, he stalked and I loved the mischievous glint in his eye when he stalked me.†
p. 369.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(mischievous) playfully causing minor trouble; or describing the smile of someone doing soMuch less commonly, mischievous can reference real harm without any sense of fun. But in modern writing, that usage has largely shifted to other words like malicious, destructive, or damaging.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In law, mischievous references a property crime such as vandalism or graffiti. Very rarely, the word can reference someone or something causing serious damage.
In archaic literature mischievous often refers to bad behavior without any connotation of playfulness or of the harm being minor.