smirk
verb (used without object)
to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
smirkingly
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a word derived from
smirk.
Example Sentences
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Punks bitterly remembered when the New York Dolls performed on the show and Harris smirkingly dismissed the proto-punk band as “mock rock.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Adapted from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic book, it’s a smirkingly gruesome genre series that’s equal parts mawkish melodrama and tar-black comedy.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Outside the walls, there’s a little fakeout: Dany blasts the Night King with dragonfire, but he lives, and smirkingly.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Usually, too many punches get knowingly, smirkingly pulled.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2012
He found the invitation too flattering to be resisted, and smirkingly followed her into the front parlour.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
