straight face
noun
a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
straight-facedly
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a word derived from
straight face.
Example Sentences
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An artfully phrased statement they can point to as an apology the White House can straight-facedly deny making might be it.
From US News ● May 10, 2016
The trip also affords the filmmakers an egregious scene in the Anne Frank House, where a Jewish girl’s descent into the Holocaust is straight-facedly compared to a teen’s cancer.
From Time ● Jun. 5, 2014
Then he straight-facedly tells her that it’s cool, baby, because “this is what it is, it’s overnight” a.k.a. past Camila’s bedtime.
From Time ● Feb. 26, 2014
Molotov straight-facedly called this: "Inadmissible pressure on the conference."
From Time Magazine Archive
