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puckishly

puckishly adverb: mischievously; playfully.

Adverb

puckishly (comparative more puckishly, superlative most puckishly)

  1. Mischievously; playfully.
    • At the start of lockdown, some puckishly predicted that all those couples locked away together would set off a pandemic baby boom.2021 April 13, Tom Whyman, “Why, Despite Everything, You Should Have Kids (if You Want Them)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of puckishly

comparativemore puckishly
superlativemost puckishly

Origin of puckishly

From puckish + -ly.

Questions about puckishly

What does puckishly mean?
Puckishly means mischievously; playfully.
What part of speech is puckishly?
Puckishly is an adverb.

Words near puckishly in the dictionary

  1. puckhandlers
  2. puckhandling
  3. Puckian
  4. pucking
  5. puckish
  6. puckishly
  7. puckishness
  8. puckle
  9. Puckle gun
  10. Puckle guns
  11. Puckle's gun

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