puckishly C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpʌkɪʃli/ UK /ˈpʌkɪʃli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in a mischievous or playfully impish manner He grinned puckishly before springing the surprise. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a mischievous or... mischievouslyimpishlyplayfullyroguishlywaggishlymockingly ↔ Opposites solemnlygravelyseriously Word family Related forms puckishpuck Etymology AI details From puckish ('impish'), from Puck, the mischievous sprite of English folklore (Old English puca 'goblin'), + the suffix -ly. puca Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # puckishly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈpʌkɪʃli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpʌkɪʃli/ ## Meanings 1. in a mischievous or playfully impish manner ## Examples - He grinned puckishly before springing the surprise. ## Synonyms - mischievously - impishly - playfully - roguishly - waggishly - mockingly ## Antonyms - solemnly - gravely - seriously ## Related Forms - puckish - puck ## Roots and Affixes - Root: puca ## Etymology From puckish ('impish'), from Puck, the mischievous sprite of English folklore (Old English puca 'goblin'), + the suffix -ly. ## AI Etymology Puckishly is from puckish ('impish'), from Puck, the mischievous sprite of English folklore (Old English puca 'goblin'), + the suffix -ly. Important recorded forms include puca (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers in a mischievous or playfully impish manner. The wider family includes related words such as puckish and puck. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown