Crossword clues for waggery
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Waggery \Wag"ger*y\ (-g[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. Waggeries. [From
Wag.]
The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment;
sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry;
jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy.
--Locke.
A drollery and lurking waggery of expression.
--W.
Irving.
Wiktionary
n. 1 droll behaviour characteristic of a wag 2 a droll remark or jest
WordNet
n. waggish behavior [syn: waggishness]
a quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery]
Usage examples of "waggery".
A grim laugh from the whole party proclaimed their appreciation of the pious waggery of their companion.
This was the method of the age which, in the abysmal profound of waggery, engendered that portentous birth, the comic paper.
At the moment of the step, Rose Mackrell uttered something, a waggery of some sort, heard to be forgotten, but of such instantaneous effect, that the prompt and immoderate laugh succeeding it might reasonably be taken for a fling of scorn at himself, by an injured man.
He had an eye of great quickness and vivacity, with a drollery and lurking waggery of expression that was irresistible.
Brom no alternative but to draw upon the funds of rustic waggery in his disposition and to play off boorish practical jokes upon his rival.
This arrangement proceeded from an innate love of mischief in Joel, who had much of the quiet waggery, blended with many of the bad qualities of the men of his peculiar class.
Ithuel, who had a waggery of his own, smiled as he saw the seamen folding their arms, throwing discontent and surliness into their countenances, and pacing the deck singly, as if misanthropical and disdaining to converse, whenever a boat came alongside from the shore.
He welcomes being called Cumal, ye see, though in truth it began as but a bit of waggery, poking fun at him for his love of gains!
Swift was often the butt of their waggery, which he bore with great good humor, knowing well, that though they laughed at his singularities, they esteemed his virtues, admired his wit, and venerated his wisdom.
There was no trick, nor fraud, nor waggery which he had not at his fingers-ends.
Here it was thought his broad fun, rustic waggery, and curious mastery of provincial dialect might admirably contrast with the melodramatic intensity, and the homely, but touching pathos of which in so eminent a degree he was the master.
Caravaggio, the amenity of Albano, the golden glories of Titian, the frows of Rubens, and the waggeries of Jan Steen.
Paulmann left them for his study, she contrived, by all manner of rogueries and waggeries, to uplift the Student Anselmus so much that he at last quite forgot his bashfulness, and jigged round the room with the playful girl.