adjective (naughtier, naughtiest)
1 (especially BrE) (especially of children) behaving badly; not willing to obey:
a naughty boy / girl * (humorous) I'm being very naughty-I've ordered champagne!
2 (informal, often humorous) slightly rude; connected with sex:
a naughty joke / word
naughtily adverb
naughtiness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for naughty is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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