"mischievous" is it used as a positive quality or negative quality?

[Sam.k]

"mischievous" is it used as a positive quality or negative quality ? what does it actually mean?

[Alan]

Hi Sam,

'Mischievous' is the adjective from 'mischief' and that means behaviour that you would expect from a young child. By that I mean playing tricks, doing things that are intended to be amusing and fun but older people might be annoyed by. A child may find great pleasure in hiding his grandpa's reading glasses and enjoy watching his grandpa looking for them. Not much fun for grandpa but not really anything very serious.

Alan
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