smile
verb (used without object)
to assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, favor, or amusement, but sometimes derision or scorn, characterized by an upturning of the corners of the mouth.
smilelessly
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a word derived from
smile.
Example Sentences
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And Mrs. Day, her heart full of her own unhappy boy, went forward with a weary step, and smilelessly held out a welcoming hand.
From Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mary E. Mann
At seven o'clock my grandfather comes smilelessly downstairs.
From The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
"Don't you think that Methodists go to heaven as well as Presbyterians?" asked Anne smilelessly.
From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
The Butterfly Man's eyes followed him smilelessly; then they came back and dwelt for a moment upon the ruined nest and the fluttering mother-bird, still vexing the ear with her shrill lamentable futile protests.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler
Jack Harpe looked at Racey and said smilelessly: "Wanna view the remains?"
From The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White
