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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rascally  \Ras"cal*ly\,  a. 
  Like  a  rascal;  trickish  or  dishonest;  base;  worthless;  -- 
  often  in  humorous  disparagement,  without  implication  of 
  dishonesty. 
 
  Our  rascally  porter  is  fallen  fast  asleep.  --Swift. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rascally 
  adj  1:  playful  in  an  appealingly  bold  way  "a  roguish  grin"  [syn:  {devilish}, 
  {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:  {roguish}, 
  {scoundrelly},  {blackguardly}] 




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