mischievously Betydning & definition

Eksempler på mischievously

• One lady mischievously asked how she should refer in future to the clerical collars worn by women deacons, 'as dog is a masculine noun'.

• That reacts on the minds of officials very mischievously.

• There are people who sometimes suggest, mischievously, that judges live in a cocoon, a different world.

• That reply was in no sense an attempt "mischievously to undermine the study".

• They are intended to be helpful and to prevent appeals being too widely and mischievously drawn.

• In some cases the defence mischievously, vexatiously, frivolously or maliciously holds up the proceedings.

• He had suffered extensive and repeated damage to his fences and outbuildings as a result of tires started casually or mischievously—for the main part mischievously.

• He may believe all this, and innocently have misrepresented the position, but the evidence suggests that he has deliberately misunderstood—perhaps mischievously—the facts.