cheeky

rääväsuinen, hävytön puhekieltä impudent Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
1899, w:Rudyard Kipling|Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co., chapter 4:

"Shut up," said Harrison. "You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you."

"You're a lot too cheeky," said Craye.

The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.

Although sometimes I&39;d award myself a cheeky McDonald&39;s hangover treat if I did well.

It was a massive struggle to resist the lure of a cheeky beer, but I held firm.

It transpired that Mrs Egg had been cooking dinner when she discovered Mr Singlet making himself a sandwich. I don't know about you but it does seem a little bit naught after she's gone to all that effort. Naughty yes but hardly a crime and certainly not enough to warrant a 999 call. Yet that's what she had done. That&39;s why we had left our own dinner, charged through rush hour traffic, disrupted commuters on their way home – all for a cheeky sandwich.

The great thing was it gave him a little bit of freedom and me the chance to sneak a cheeky nap.

A death adder is cheeky, a tree snake quiet. Wasps are only cheeky if you hold them in your hand.

There is no doubt that many have been killed by large elapids, and that Aborigines treat such &39;cheeky&39; snakes (and colubrids of similar appearance) with great respect.