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What (who) is RASCALLY - definition
Rascally
·adj Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless;
- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.
rascally
If you describe someone as a rascally person, you mean that they behave badly and are wicked or dishonest. (LITERARY)
They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
rascally
a.
1.
Wicked, villanous, bad, trickish, dishonest, vile, base.
2.
Mean, base, sorry, pitiful, worthless.
Examples of use of RASCALLY
1. I could have you anytime, Harryboy Disson, a rascally 12–year–old, shouted as Degale made his way into the changing–room.
2. There she meets a talking fire named Calcifer, under enchantment like herself, and eventually Howl himself, who turns out to be a rascally sorcerer with lots of aliases and girlfriend problems.
3. Led by voice stars Bruce Willis as a rascally raccoon and Garry Shandling as a cautious turtle, "Over the Hedge" is the story of a family of critters coping with new neighbors –– humans.
4. Depp, the actor who plays the roguish Captain Jack Sparrow in the films, has gone on record describing how the rascally but likeable character was crafted in the image of Richards.
5. Bridge," a cantankerous lodger in "Nobody‘s Fool" (1''4), a fatherly, retired gangster in "Road to Perdition" (2002), and the voice of a Hudson Hornet in "Cars" (2006). He gained some of his best reviews for his performance as the stage manager in a Broadway production of Thornton Wilder‘s classic play, "Our Town," filmed for television in 2003, and was perfectly cast as the rascally father to Ed Harris‘ responsible diner owner in the miniseries "Empire Falls." In recent years, Newman talked about doing another film with his friend Redford, but the two couldn‘t settle on a script.