mirth
noun
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter.
Example Sentences
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People who don't will surely enjoy Rosheuvel's mirthfully intimidating performance.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2020
Its irreverent, mirthfully indelicate narrative works because of Peet and Azaria’s outstanding onscreen chemistry.
From Salon ● May 9, 2017
Recalling the occasion, he said mirthfully: “Did she give me a hug? No. Did she say, ‘Nice shot?’
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2015
The performance, though, doesn’t obliterate memories of Ms. Mirren’s acclaimed turn as a sovereign so much as it tugs, implicitly and mirthfully, against those royal memories.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2010
"Not a bit," said Uncle Leonard, getting again on his feet, smiling mirthfully at his own dripping coat, and giving one of those jolly laughs of his at Amy's chalk-powdered head.
From Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
