roguish
I like the loveable roguishness of Stuart.
The audience cares about the characters, despite their roguishness.
There's a kind of roguishness to her that's irresistible.

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 roguishness

roguishness
A rogue doesn't lose his roguishness overnight.
From Los Angeles Times
Again the boy flushed, but there was roguishness in his brown eyes.
From Project Gutenberg
Nature made him both a wag and a poet, and it is no wonder if the roguishness and high philosophy become inextricably entangled.
From Project Gutenberg
And she embraced him a third time with all the grace and roguishness of a spoiled child.
From Project Gutenberg
As he grew older, the seriousness crept up and up and almost entirely obliterated the roguishness.
From Project Gutenberg
The girl spoke simply, and with an absence of that roguishness which was characteristic of her.
From Project Gutenberg
Her cheek was flame, but with no laughing roguishness of fun; her eyes shone like mirrors, but not from any interest of amusement.
From Project Gutenberg
His expression lost its roguishness, and in his turn he became grave.
From Project Gutenberg
It was the spirits and the intelligence, combined with inordinate roguishness, that made him what he was.
From Project Gutenberg
He turned upon his heel hastily; she stood before him smiling, her eyes overflowing with roguishness and affection.
From Project Gutenberg
Sometimes one had arched while the other remained quiet; this gave a winsome look of brightness and roguishness to her face.
From Project Gutenberg
She said nothing more, only raised her great blue eyes and gave him a look, a never-to-be-forgotten look, behind whose roguishness a riddle was concealed.
From Project Gutenberg
If there is one thing we despise, it is transparent roguishness on the part of an author.
From Project Gutenberg
They were singularly lovely eyes--retaining something of their girlish roguishness.
From Project Gutenberg
She was very fond of the old man, made him sit beside her, and called him "grandfather" with a mournful attempt at roguishness.
From Project Gutenberg
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