smilingly

«smilingly» in Mova's school dictionary: while smiling, in a smiling and friendly way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Smilingly means while smiling, in a smiling and friendly way. tree →

sense 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 →
• «Of course you may,» she said smilingly. tree →
• The Rat smilingly shook his head. tree →
• The shopkeeper smilingly waved goodbye. tree →
• He nodded smilingly at the baby. tree →
• The Cheshire Cat looked smilingly down from the tree. tree →
• ‘What will they add?’ she smilingly asked. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «smilingly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.