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UK
/mˈɪstʃɪvəsli/
]
ADVERB
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in a disobedient or naughty way
he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister
he behaved badly in school
behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room
How To Use mischievously In A Sentence
- Giggling, Rebecca flicked her hair over her shoulder, her dark eyes dancing mischievously as she nattered on to Blake.
- She doesn't laugh much but does grin mischievously from time to time.
- He put is arm around her waist and drew her close to him, his eyes twinkling mischievously.
- Her eyes were glittering mischievously and I knew well enough by now that that look meant she knew something we didn't.
- She's wearing a skintight vinyl dress, chewing gum and grinning mischievously while rubbing her arms vigorously against her sides to make the dress creak and squeak. Times, Sunday Times
- The lyrics gloried in sometimes using the original phrases in a hilariously new context, or mischievously punning on them.
- An evil gleam came into his eyes and he grinned mischievously at Tara.
- That does not require "massive" military intervention, as some have mischievously claimed.
- They poked at her mischievously, while most likely sharing insults in their own language.
- he behaved badly in school; he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister; behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room.