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.
smiler
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a word derived from
smile.
Example Sentences
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Mrs Kerry described her grandson as "a smiler" who was "full of life, enjoying his holiday and the people he was meeting".
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
Brey, a smooth-talking smiler, rarely loses his cool during games.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
Simmons’ Treasury Department investigator, Jon Bernthal’s over-inflated enforcer, Anna Kendrick’s accounting clerk, the movie’s lone smiler.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2016
We despaired of finding solutions to the mid-CES blues, until a fateful retweet led us to the Twitter account of famous Australian, X-Man, Tony's host, and smiler, Hugh Jackman.
From The Verge ● Jan. 7, 2016
One of them, the smiler, turned now to the landlady and said: “Let’s have the key to his room. How long’s he been living here?”
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
