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laughingly

  • a word derived from laugh.
    laugh
    verb (used without object)
    to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
  • a word derived from laughing.
    laughing
    adjective
    that laughs or is given to laughter.

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But being an “influencer,” as Carrasco laughingly calls himself, can be a grind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

The worker laughingly asked, “Are you a robot?”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023

He bakes bread and gives it away by the loaf! — that it verges, he acknowledged laughingly, on cliché.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

“Butterflies” was her first national television placement: Its bouncy chorus was used in commercials for what she laughingly calls “feminine products.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023

“He is scared like a soaked monkey,” the rebel laughingly told his companions.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah