mirthfully

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The extra effort and occasional setbacks don’t show in the finished product; the new season finds the Shermasphere recognizably intact and as mirthfully metatextual as ever.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022

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

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

“Here we are again!” cried Harry, reappearing close to the boat and spluttering the water from his lips, as with all the gaiety of a boy he looked mirthfully at the occupants of the boat.

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville