grin
verb (used without object)
to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
grinningly
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a word derived from
grin.
Example Sentences
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The Grizzlies got the chance to choose the Lakers player who had to enter the game to take World Peace’s spot on the jump ball, and they grinningly chose Kobe, who lost the tip.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2016
On Fox News, Bill Hemmer likened the contest to a Bengals-Browns game, and Megyn Kelly grinningly announcing her confusion about the simile.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2012
And Laughton, though still a relative newcomer, would have been familiar to viewers as the grinningly decadent Nero of Cecil B. DeMille’s “Sign of the Cross,” still in theaters when “Lost Souls” was released.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2011
Any fears of a dull, worthy affair were soon banished as she grinningly describes "collaborating with people who are dead" and fleshes out the music with tales of the poets' lives.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2010
Scheff sank back in his chair and grinningly inquired, "Say, my boy, I wonder if Illowski has enough money for his coachman when he reaches the mysterious, old dream-barn he calls home?"
From Melomaniacs by James Huneker
