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# rascally

«rascally» in Mova's school dictionary: **Naughty, sly or dishonest in a playful way; like a rascal…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Naughty, sly or dishonest in a playful way; like a rascal (a cheeky, roguish person). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascally/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a trickster or a rogue who is cunning and up to mischief

### examples

- The rascally fox stole the hen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascally/#x1)
- He gave a rascally grin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascally/#x2)
- The rascally boys hid the teacher's chalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascally/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rascally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rascally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.