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Meanings of waggishness in English

Waggish behavior.

Synonyms
Examples for "waggery"
Examples for "waggery"
1
She did not smile; perhaps she felt such an approach to waggery unworthy of him.
Bertram Cope's Year
2
One can fancy the composer's amusement at this highly-imaginative interpretation of his harmless bit of waggery.
Haydn
3
The clown will laugh at a waggery, and the gentleman only at a stroke of delicate conceit.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 / ...
4
Insolence made use of it to give offence; ignorance, to avoid exposing itself; and waggery, to create laughter.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
5
With the waggery that cropped up at the most unexpected times, he turned to George with the question:
Deerfoot in The Mountains
Usage of waggishness in English
1
I can't help loving that man, for all his drollery and waggishness.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
2
Truly they were ahungered, but could never quite lose their waggishness.
Two Boys in Wyoming: A Tale of Adventure / (Northwest Series, No...
3
Mr. Tenby made it his business to push his clamorous waggishness for the exhibition.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6
4
Beethoven's waggishness was frequently vented on a young friend, Zmeskall, who was court secretary.
Beethoven, a character study / Together with Wagner's indebtedne...
5
We fear that Walt's waggishness was rather heavily shod.
Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Season...
6
So deplorable is the waggishness of a person, however gifted, who has no sense of humour!
Gossip in a Library
7
This ducal waggishness gave me time to observe that the sergeant's uneasiness was icy coldness in comparison with his lordship's.
The Yeoman Adventurer
8
This saying once again points out that not enough people apportion human sagacity to qualities such as wit, humour and waggishness.
The Irish Times
9
By way of a coda to this royal tableau, one insider assures the Guardian that Waggishness is catching.
The Guardian
10
"Jack," said Fred, with something of his old waggishness, as he looked across the fire into the face of his comrade, "let's go home."
Two Boys in Wyoming: A Tale of Adventure / (Northwest Series, No...
Waggishness through the time