mirthfulness

The familiar wonder and mirthfulness of his voice has a note of rueful loss.

In the film, Black brought a slobby mirthfulness to the role — you believed him when he said he had a hangover, and you naturally averted your eyes when his flesh spilled over his jeans.

Hitherto he had been essentially his mother's son, with all her gayety and mirthfulness and joy of life.

Their nearest neighbors were not disturbed by their mirthfulness, nor could persons seated opposite them hear their conversation, and yet Alloway was evidently fast being remunerated for the chagrin and embarrassment of his previous dinner.

“I’ve got to do some errands out anyway, and, after attending to them, I’ll go right on to my uncles’ store and tell—‘my tale of woe,’” she concluded with a vain attempt at mirthfulness.