unmirthful
- a word derived from mirthful.
Example Sentences
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Last month, an unmirthful man smiled mechanically for photographers, took off his hat and put it on again, glanced with interest at New Jersey's Palisades, and walked down the gangplank of the Homeric to Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Katherine laughed, but even Mrs. Burton noticed that the sound was strained and unmirthful.
From A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods by Marchant, Bessie
He lifts his head here, and laughs aloud, a short, unmirthful laugh.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
The woman burst into a great laugh, a hard, unmusical, but not unmirthful laugh.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
As she gazed an unmirthful smile spread over her features, like sunshine that grows melancholy in some desolate spot.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
