droll, wry, sardonic, cheeky, clever, sneaky, cunning, mischievous, witty, wink, sarcastic, sneery, playful, subtle, deadpan, canny, snide, quippy, guileless, glib, unsubtle, insouciant, waspish, smarmy, smirky, blithe, quipster, naughtily, crafty, mordant, suavely, deft, devious, jocular, roguishness, beguiling, larky, adroit, brusk, sassy, lascivious, wily, humorous, cynical, puckish, parodic, devilish, artless, artful, vulgarian, crass, snarky, coquettish, impish, villainously, hemingwayesque, fey, shrewd, charming, jokey, badinage, absurdism, furtive, wit, foxy, winkingly, subtlety, rueful, pantomimic, mirthful, vulpine, satiric, schoolmarmish, winsome, puppyish, persiflage, ingenuous, archness, manipulative, hilariously, amusingly, blackly, gutbucket, genial, sinister, shtik, unctuous, supercilious, doltish, teacherly, sarky, overfamiliar, ingratiation, tactful, caddish, smart aleck, lecherous, lunkheaded, flirtatious, jaunty, ribald, snippiness, dad, noah, pete, andy, antony, ben, captain, charlie, comrade, cuss, daddy, dan, daniel, hans, jake, jamie, jeff, jim, joe, roguish, deprecating, humoured, natured, spiteful, humored, ironical, flippant, goodnatured, saucy, waggish, derisive

backstair, backstairs, double, furtive, furtiveness, leer, leering, pawky, politician, sneakiness, stealthiness

dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, tricksy, tricky