0 the quality of behaving badly, but not in a way that is intended to cause serious harm or damage:
He is having difficulty controlling his natural mischievousness.
They have little in common apart from a certain mischievousness.
He had the right mix of likeability and mischievousness to make him a believable character.
At the funeral, speakers recalled her mischievousness and warmth.
Those speeches indicated that certain types would go to any length in order to cause, through their obstinacy and mischievousness, the maximum trouble in industry.
He is very willing to talk about mischievous speeches and irresponsibility, but he sets on example of irresponsibility, and the mischievousness of his speeches can be judged by their effects.
Indicating that he deserved the often severe punishments applied by his parents, the narrator then details his mischievousness and antics.
He describes himself as an eclectic composer who writes with a postmodern mischievousness: pieces can be comedic/ironic, simple/complex, or humble/reverent.
He was either loathed or misunderstood by the townspeople due to his mischievousness and temper.
