smilingly
adverb /ˈsmaɪ.lɪŋ.li/Definition
› If someone does something smilingly, they smile as they are doing it: When I complained about how long we'd had to wait for our food, the bill was whisked away and smilingly returned without the service charge.Laughing and smiling
(Definition of smilingly 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
- laughingly adverb
- laughter is the best medicine idiom
- laughter noun
- mirth noun
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- split your sides idiom
- titter verb
- toothy adjective
Topic:
Laughing and smiling
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