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单词 mischievously
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Definition of mischievously in English:

mischievously

adverb ˈmɪstʃɪvəsliˈmɪstʃɪvəsli
  • 1In a way that shows a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.

    she met his eyes and smiled mischievously
    the book, mischievously titled "Confessions of a Nun"
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His eyes met her blue ones and watched as they shone mischievously.
    • The lyrics gloried in sometimes using the original phrases in a hilariously new context, or mischievously punning on them.
    • Every frame bears his signature: the theatricality, the mischievously effective suspense, the adventures in identity and sexuality.
    • She doesn't laugh much but does grin mischievously from time to time.
    • The question of what was faux and what real in this show - or, where history ended and fiction began - was deftly posed, and its answer mischievously deferred.
    • He put is arm around her waist and drew her close to him, his eyes twinkling mischievously.
    • I begin to protest, but then I see the jest in her mischievously jaded gaze.
    • She raised her eyebrows questioningly, her eyes twinkling mischievously.
    • Instead of a mischievously lovable old coot, we get this barely Irish, youngish, oafish dude.
    • The titles were borrowed from the lyrics of a George and Ira Gershwin song mischievously called "Blah, Blah, Blah."
  • 2In a way that causes or intends to cause harm or trouble.

    I believe he has mischievously misled the Committee
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Words, for her, are characters that own themselves, and which might at any point strike out on their own, behave mischievously, and get into trouble.
    • One rereads him and finds perfect insight into what would drive his sister to violate him so mischievously, to misread him so completely.
    • They poked at her mischievously, while most likely sharing insults in their own language.
    • An aggrieved Ahtur mischievously demanded: "Sing us one of your shepherd songs, Samson."
    • He sometimes mischievously locked her inside with a lock that, reportedly, could only be accessed from outside the room.
    • "Maybe I can give him some sort of disease," she thought mischievously, "so that we can all get on with our lives."
    • Of course, she may have been misinformed or even mischievously led astray.
    • We stand where we stand, in our impossible and often mischievously idle jobs, on a boundary of opposing urgencies where there is often not space enough to set one's feet.
    • In the extreme case, managers really did cook the books mischievously, thereby boosting the stock price and allowing them to dump high-priced stock.
    • It is Anna who mischievously conjures up the dead.

Definition of mischievously in US English:

mischievously

adverbˈmisCHivəslēˈmɪstʃɪvəsli
  • 1In a way that shows a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.

    she met his eyes and smiled mischievously
    the book, mischievously titled "Confessions of a Nun"
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead of a mischievously lovable old coot, we get this barely Irish, youngish, oafish dude.
    • The question of what was faux and what real in this show - or, where history ended and fiction began - was deftly posed, and its answer mischievously deferred.
    • She raised her eyebrows questioningly, her eyes twinkling mischievously.
    • Every frame bears his signature: the theatricality, the mischievously effective suspense, the adventures in identity and sexuality.
    • She doesn't laugh much but does grin mischievously from time to time.
    • He put is arm around her waist and drew her close to him, his eyes twinkling mischievously.
    • The titles were borrowed from the lyrics of a George and Ira Gershwin song mischievously called "Blah, Blah, Blah."
    • I begin to protest, but then I see the jest in her mischievously jaded gaze.
    • His eyes met her blue ones and watched as they shone mischievously.
    • The lyrics gloried in sometimes using the original phrases in a hilariously new context, or mischievously punning on them.
  • 2In a way that causes or intends to cause harm or trouble.

    I believe he has mischievously misled the Committee
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Words, for her, are characters that own themselves, and which might at any point strike out on their own, behave mischievously, and get into trouble.
    • Of course, she may have been misinformed or even mischievously led astray.
    • In the extreme case, managers really did cook the books mischievously, thereby boosting the stock price and allowing them to dump high-priced stock.
    • It is Anna who mischievously conjures up the dead.
    • He sometimes mischievously locked her inside with a lock that, reportedly, could only be accessed from outside the room.
    • "Maybe I can give him some sort of disease," she thought mischievously, "so that we can all get on with our lives."
    • We stand where we stand, in our impossible and often mischievously idle jobs, on a boundary of opposing urgencies where there is often not space enough to set one's feet.
    • An aggrieved Ahtur mischievously demanded: "Sing us one of your shepherd songs, Samson."
    • They poked at her mischievously, while most likely sharing insults in their own language.
    • One rereads him and finds perfect insight into what would drive his sister to violate him so mischievously, to misread him so completely.
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