[syn: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rascally \Ras"cal*ly\ (r[a^]s"kal*l[y^]), a.
Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; --
often in humorous disparagement, without implication of
dishonesty.
[1913 Webster]
Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rascally
adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
[syn: devilish, rascally, roguish]
2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the
tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the
captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: rascally,
roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]