mirthfully
Example Sentences
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People who don't will surely enjoy Rosheuvel's mirthfully intimidating performance.
From Salon β Dec. 25, 2020
Its irreverent, mirthfully indelicate narrative works because of Peet and Azaria’s outstanding onscreen chemistry.
From Salon β 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 β 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 β Oct. 8, 2010
They laughed in derision, calling out bitter jibes, and telling what they would do when they had made the charge; and, as Crooked Hand heard their laughter, he smiled too, but not mirthfully.
From American Indians by Frederick Starr
