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Definition of Rascally
1. Adjective. Playful in an appealingly bold way. "A roguish grin"
2. Adjective. Lacking principles or scruples. "The captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"
Similar to: Dishonest, Dishonorable
Derivative terms: Blackguard, Rascal, Roguishness, Scoundrel
Definition of Rascally
1. a. Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.
Definition of Rascally
1. Adjective. Like a rascal. ¹
2. Adverb. In the manner of a rascal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rascally
1. characteristic of a rascal [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rascally
Literary usage of Rascally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare (1891)
"278: ' For at that time the jealous rascally knave her husband will be forth.'
The verb of motion is omitted, as below, l. 57. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Idle ; rascally. North. LAYER-OVER. A whip; a term for any instrument of chastisement.
East. LAYERS. The pieces or wood cut and laid in a hedge in ..."
3. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"... LUNCH — SIGNS OF APPROACHING OUR LINES TERROR OF OUR rascally GUARDS ENTRANCE
INTO GOD'S COUNTRY AT LAST. But Kilpatrick, like Sherman, came not. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... rascally steward), and other parts by Munden. Mrs. Pope, and Mrs. Mattocks ;
revived at Covent Garden in 1819, with alterations, аз ' The Steward. ..."
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