grinningly
- 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
Its offerings are open bids for nostalgia, like toasted milk ice cream packed between brownies mosaic-ed in broken Oreos, grinningly sweet.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015
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
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
Several fellows, including Meshech, had been standing for a few moments in the door leading from the store into the living-room, grinningly observing the little drama which the reader has been following.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward
