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# roguish

«roguish» in Mova's school dictionary: **playful and a little naughty or sly, as in a cheeky smile…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no change for comparison in common use)

### meaning for a pupil

Roguish means playful and a little naughty or sly, as in a cheeky smile or a twinkle in the eye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roguish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes a cheeky, sly look on a child's or a character's face

### examples

- He gave a roguish grin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roguish/#x1)
- The cat had a roguish look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roguish/#x2)
- The two boys were bold and roguish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roguish/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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