smilingly

English

Etymology

smiling +‎ -ly

Adverb

smilingly (comparative more smilingly, superlative most smilingly)

1. In a smiling manner; with a smile.
   • 1589, George Puttenham, chapter 8, in The Arte of English Poesie‎^[1]:

     But me thinks at these words I heare some smilingly say, I would be loath to lacke liuing of my own till the Prince gaue me a maner of new Elme for my riming […]

   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

     But his flaw’d heart,
     Alack, too weak the conflict to support!
     ’Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief,
     Burst smilingly.

   • 1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters, London: William Miller, 1811, Volume II, Letter 28, p. 279,^[2]

     He looked smilingly serious.

   • 1816, John Keats, Sleep and Poetry‎^[3]:

     Lo! how they murmur, laugh, and smile, and weep:
     Some with upholden hand and mouth severe;
     Some with their faces muffled to the ear
     Between their arms; some, clear in youthful bloom,
     Go glad and smilingly athwart the gloom;
     Some looking back, and some with upward gaze;
     Yes, thousands in a thousand different ways
     Flit onward […]

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 27, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     So Amelia gave Dobbin her little hand as she got out of the carriage, and rebuked him smilingly for not having taken any notice of her all night.

   • 1909, R. Austin Freeman, “The Man with the Nailed Shoes”, in John Thorndyke’s Cases‎^[4]:

     […] Thorndyke, having unstrapped the hamper with as much care as if it contained a collection of priceless porcelain, bore it tenderly up to his bedroom; whence he appeared, after a considerable interval, smilingly apologetic for the delay.

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "Don't tell me, Daddy, that you with all your complex brain and wonderful self are a thing with no more life hereafter than a broken clock!" "Four buckets of water and a bagful of salts," said Challenger as he smilingly detached his daughter's grip.