adverb
- in a playfully mischievous or teasing manner
Examples
- She grinned impishly before hiding his keys.
- The child looked up impishly after tracking mud through the house.
- He winked impishly at his sister across the dinner table.
- The cat stared impishly from atop the bookshelf it wasn’t supposed to climb.
- She impishly suggested they skip the meeting and go for ice cream instead.
- The students giggled impishly when the substitute teacher turned around.