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roguishly

/roh-gish-lee/US // ˈroʊ gɪʃ li //

无赖地,无耻地,无赖的,无赖地说是

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a playfully mischievous way:She smiled roguishly and tickled him before he could defend himself.
    • : in a way that suggests a dangerous or unscrupulous character:He was roguishly handsome, with a bad-boy charm that captivated men and women alike.

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Examples

  • Or again, he paints Zephyr swinging roguishly by the side of a stream.

  • He pushed the sunbonnet back and patted her roguishly on the head.

  • She winked at me roguishly, and patted her heavy handbag significantly.

  • Much tickled, he sits down again and looks roguishly at Cleopatra, who is furious.

  • He promised me, roguishly enough, that he would have thought of a better than that by the time he sighted Cape Clear.