Results for smile
Definitions of smile:
part of speech: noun
A change of expression, marked by an upward curve of the mouth, a sparkle of the eyes, etc., and indicating joy, pleasure, kindness, or happiness; an appearance of gladness.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To express pleasure by the countenance: to express slight contempt: to look joyous: to be favorable.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To show pleasure, joy, love, or kindness by an expression of the face; to look gay, cheerful, or happy; look with favor; as, to smile on one's labors.
part of speech: noun
Act of smiling: the expression of the features in smiling: favor.
part of speech: verb
To express pleasure, moderate joy, love, or kindness, by an expansion of the features of the face; opposite of frown; to look gay and joyous; to favour; to express slight contempt by a movement of the features of the face; to sneer.
part of speech: adverb
Smilingly.
Usage examples for smile:
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Smile at 'em; win 'em over.
"The Garden of Eden", Max Brand -
" Our party's used to that," Blake answered with a smile
"Blake's Burden", Harold Bindloss -
Strefford continued to smile
"The Glimpses of the Moon", Edith Wharton -
Oh," she added, with a smile it didn'thurt me any.
"The Cross-Cut", Courtney Ryley Cooper