pawky

An old-fashioned adjective, primarily used in British English, describing someone who is clever, shrewd, or humorous in a dry, understated, and often slightly mischievous way.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes, vor allem im britischen Englisch gebrauchtes Adjektiv für einen Menschen, der klug und scharfsinnig ist oder einen trockenen, zurückhaltenden und oft leicht schelmischen Humor besitzt.

1. Cunning and sly C1 informal british

   Having a clever, often mischievous or ironic sense of humor; shrewd and slightly sarcastic.

   • He gave a pawky smile when he revealed the surprise.
   • Her pawky comments always made the audience laugh.
   • The old man had a pawky way of telling stories.

   🇩🇪Gerissen und verschmitzt

   Synonyme: archcraftycunningroguishshrewdslywilywry

   Antonyme: guilelessingenuousnaiveunsophisticated

• pawkier comparative form
• pawkiest superlative form