rascally
adjective, adverb
rascally is an adjective meaning “Like a rascal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-S-C-A-L-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rascally mean?
adjective
- 1
Like a rascal.
adverb
- 1
In the manner of a rascal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rascally
- rascallier comparative
- rascalliest superlative
- more rascally comparative
- most rascally superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rascally?
Rascally appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Rascally in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense like a rascal:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rascally come from?
From rascal + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).