laughingly
adverb /ˈlɑː.fɪŋ.li/
/ˈlæf.ɪŋ-/ Definition
› If you do something laughingly, you are laughing while you are doing it: He laughingly pointed out our mistakes.Laughing and smiling › disapproving If you say something is laughingly described in a particular way, you think this thing is so bad that it does not deserve the description: It is only one of the absurd rules in the system of law laughingly known as British justice.Laughing and smiling
(Definition of laughingly adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amused adjective
- be all smiles idiom
- be in convulsions idiom
- be rolling in the aisles idiom
- be wreathed in smiles idiom
- cackle verb
- gales of laughter idiom
- giggle noun (LAUGHTER)
- giggle verb
- giggler noun
- giggly adjective
- hysterics noun
- laughter is the best medicine idiom
- laughter noun
- mirth noun
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- piss yourself (laughing) idiom
- split your sides idiom
- titter verb
- toothy adjective
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