Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mischievously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: mis-chie-vous-ly
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a mischievous manner.

Example Sentences

"That's all I claim for Boston,—that it is the thinking centre of the continent, and therefore of the planet. / ―And the grand emporium of modesty,—said the divinity student, a little mischievously."
"But the shifting moral tone is perfectly caught in Helen McCrory's polymorphous Phocion, who is mischievously aware of her sexual power and switches from macho snarls when seducing a woman to flirty oeillades when playing with a man."
"Coleridge smiles mischievously"

Etymology

From Middle English mischevously, myschevously, equivalent to mischievous + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: mischevously
Suffix: mischievous

Inflected Forms

more mischievously (comparative) most mischievously (superlative)

Synonyms

badly naughtily

Questions

What does mischievously mean?: In a mischievous manner.
Where does mischievously come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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