dimply
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a word derived from
dimple.
dimplenouna small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
Example Sentences
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Everyone loves sweet, dimply Jeff with the atrociously bobbed hair, but his heart is no longer in it.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2018
A dimply new star has joined the cast of “Hello, Dolly!” and he’s delightful — oh wait.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2018
O.K., then: A dimply new star has joined the cast of “Hello, Dolly!” and she’s delightful.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2018
Clean-cut, clean living and oh so dimply, they were dubbed "the Ken and Barbie dolls of baseball."
From Time Magazine Archive
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For Mona did smile, and in spite of the cheap crudity the smile was roguish, with little dimply creases at the corners of the mouth, and not at all unpleasant.
From The Lure of the Dim Trails by B. M. Bower