showing a lack of respect for sb/sth in a way that is amusing rather than serious:
an impish grin / look * He takes an impish delight in shocking the press.
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impishly adverb:
to grin / smile impishly
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is impish a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, impish is tagged as adjective.
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