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# smilingly

adverb

«smilingly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Smilingly means while smiling, in a smiling and friendly way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/#m1)

### In the lessons

A story word that tells the reader the person is happy, friendly or politely pleased while speaking or acting. Sometimes a character answers «smilingly» while hiding what they really feel.

### Examples

- The teacher smilingly handed out the prizes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/#x1)
- «Of course you may,» she said smilingly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/#x2)
- The Rat smilingly shook his head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/#x3)
- The shopkeeper smilingly waved goodbye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/#x4)
- He nodded smilingly at the baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/#x5)
- The Cheshire Cat looked smilingly down from the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/#x6)
- ‘What will they add?’ she smilingly asked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from «smiling» + «-ly». Rather bookish; in speech we say «with a smile». Spelling: smile → smiling (drop the e) → smilingly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «smilingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smilingly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«smilingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/smilingly.html) on Mova free.