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[ adverb ] with smiles; in a smiling manner

Examples

"the girl reminded her smilingly of their childhood spent together"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Mrs._Roebuck smilingly declined and began suddenly to go_on about her son , who was `` onleh a_little younguh than you bawhs '' .

Related terms

unsmilingly

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