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
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Should Fifa’s simperingly insincere football family be here at all?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2018
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
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
A hundred years ago the Books of Beauty had line engravings by Charles Heath, and long-necked, ringleted ladies looked wistfully or simperingly at you.
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
Eliza carried the rejected offering with her to the kitchen, where Martha and the chauffeur lingered over a late breakfast, and simperingly displayed the gift which she bore in the angular crook of her arm.
From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by F.E. Mills Young
