MEANING
Having a jaunty, slightly disreputable, or adventurous style.
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- rakish angle
- rakish charm
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He wore his hat at a rakish angle.
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Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more rakish; superlative most rakish when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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