mischievously

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmɪstʃɪvəsli/ UK /ˈmɪstʃɪvəsli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a playfully troublesome or teasing manner

She grinned mischievously and hid the last cookie.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a playfully troublesome... playfullynaughtilyimpishlyroguishlypuckishly

Opposites

obediently

Word family

Related forms mischievous mischief mischievousness

Etymology

From mischievous + -ly, ultimately from Old French meschief ('misfortune'), from mes- ('wrongly') + chef ('head'), from Latin caput.

meschief Old French caput Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# mischievously

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɪstʃɪvəsli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɪstʃɪvəsli/

## Meanings
1. in a playfully troublesome or teasing manner

## Examples
- She grinned mischievously and hid the last cookie.

## Synonyms
- playfully
- naughtily
- impishly
- roguishly
- puckishly

## Antonyms
- obediently

## Related Forms
- mischievous
- mischief
- mischievousness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: meschief
- Root: caput

## Etymology
From mischievous + -ly, ultimately from Old French meschief ('misfortune'), from mes- ('wrongly') + chef ('head'), from Latin caput.

## AI Etymology
Mischievously comes from mischievous + -ly, ultimately from Old French meschief ('misfortune'), from mes- ('wrongly') + chef ('head'), from Latin caput. The etymological trail includes Old French meschief, Latin caput. The same word family includes mischievous, mischief, mischievousness. Its current adverb use means "in a playfully troublesome or teasing manner".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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