smilingly
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English smiling Middle English -ly English -ly English smilingly From smiling + -ly.
- In a smiling manner; with a smile.
“But me thinks at these words I heare some smilingly say, I would be loath to lacke liuing of my own till the Prince gaue me a maner of new Elme for my riming […]”
“But his flaw’d heart, Alack, too weak the conflict to support! ’Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief, Burst smilingly.”