roguish
The leading actor was roguishly handsome.
He roguishly took bets on the outcome of the competition.
She shook her head, grinning roguishly.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bad but attractive
cheekily
cheekiness
cheeky
devilish
devilment
impish
juicy
mischief
mischievous
mischievously
mischievousness
puckish
puckishly
rapscallion
rascally
roguish
sinfully
wicked
wickedly

Examples of roguishly

roguishly
Her feet felt very tiny and strange in red sandals, whose pointed toes turned sharply upward and ended roguishly in fluffy silk pompoms.
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The little girl held out her hand, and her eyes lighted roguishly.
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His host looked him in the eye, placed a finger alongside his nose and winked roguishly.
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Smiling roguishly she dismounted and picked up the missive.
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Billy dimpled roguishly and sprang to her feet.
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She winked at me roguishly, and patted her heavy handbag significantly.
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Roguishly winking at him, she elevated her long basket to the top of her head and walked away, her back as straight as a soldier's.
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She looked at him so roguishly therewith that his anger was scattered to the four winds.
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The old lady looked roguishly penitent, like a naughty child.
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As she jumped out, she glanced roguishly across her shoulder.
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The boy shook his sunburnt head and smiled roguishly.
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He was unquestionably a victim of the disease about which he wrote so roguishly and withal so charmingly.
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And," she added, roguishly, "remember that it is not all for my sake.
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She turned to blink both eyes at the clergyman roguishly.
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He looked roguishly at his aunt as he entered.
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