mirthfully

Example Sentences

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People who don't will surely enjoy Rosheuvel's mirthfully intimidating performance.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2020

Its irreverent, mirthfully indelicate narrative works because of Peet and Azaria’s outstanding onscreen chemistry.

From Salon • May 9, 2017

Recalling the occasion, he said mirthfully: “Did she give me a hug? No. Did she say, ‘Nice shot?’

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2015

The performance, though, doesn’t obliterate memories of Ms. Mirren’s acclaimed turn as a sovereign so much as it tugs, implicitly and mirthfully, against those royal memories.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2010

And then Taylor grinned at Miss Harlan—who pretended a severity she did not feel; while Bud, cackling mirthfully, went toward the ranchhouse.

From The Ranchman by Seltzer, Charles Alden