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devilish

 adjective
     
dev‧il‧ish
1 literary very bad, difficult, or unpleasant:
devilish schemes to cheat people
2 seeming likely to cause trouble, but in a way that is amusing or attractive:
Dalton looked at her with a devilish grin.
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