simper
verb (used without object)
to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
simperingly
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a word derived from
simper.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Should Fifa’s simperingly insincere football family be here at all?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2018
Philippe Huis-man's text is thorough but simperingly eager to simonize Lautrec's reputation as the depraved genius of fin-de-siecle Montmartre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Regrettably, in his chapter on Fischer he has chosen to speak simperingly about how "great... worthy ... true to his principles... misunderstood" Fischer is.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wilhelm's Virgin was indeed less vulgar than the Virgin of the cathedral; but in feeling she was equally insipid, over-finished, and even more simperingly pretty.
From The Cathedral by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
"Is that chance swimmer superhuman or inhuman or ultra-human because she is not consciously, and simperingly, preoccupied with the fact that there happens to be a man in her vicinity?"
From The Firing Line by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
