Laughingly

Examples

• Again he was silent, and after a pause turned to me laughingly. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Oh, yes, it has, my dear, he said laughingly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Sir Harry took hold of my hand as I stood on his steps, and laughingly tried to pull me into his house. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Not a sad while, father--I mean to be merry, said Mary, laughingly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Agnes was very cheerful; and laughingly predicted that I should soon become too famous to be talked to, on such subjects. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Laughingly, Wrayburn looked to Lightwood for an explanation of this odd visit. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was a chance for me, certainly, returns the trooper half laughingly, half seriously, but I shall never settle down into a respectable man now. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Pet laughingly believed he had been thinking of Miss Wade. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Saying these words, Caddy laughingly sat down at a little jingling square piano and really rattled off a quadrille with great spirit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I shall not be able to run away, if I go there, I answered, laughingly, in allusion to my last note. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Galileo laughingly wrote Kepler that the professors of philosophy were afraid to look through his telesc ope lest they should fall into heresy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Amelia seeing this propensity, laughingly encouraged it and looked exceedingly roguish as she administered to him cup after cup. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Yes, very indifferent indeed, said Elizabeth, laughingly. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• They shook hands upon it laughingly, but in deep earnestness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then, cousin John-- Ada laughingly began again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But Elizabeth, who had not the least inclination to remain with them, laughingly answered: No, no; stay where you are. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But there was no harm in his way of saying this: it was said laughingly, and to beguile the time. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mrs Lammle turned to him laughingly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When she and Rosamond happened both to be reflected in the glass, she said, laughingly-- What a brown patch I am by the side of you, Rosy! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Agnes laughingly put back some scattered locks of his grey hair, that he might see us better. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• To which he replied laughingly: I already have a schedule worked out. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Sit yonder on the chair; and she gave the civilian's hand a little squeeze and laughingly placed him upon it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She was laughingly resolved to put Jip through the whole of his performances, before the coach came. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Miss Crawford turned her eye on her, as if wanting to hear or see more, and then laughingly said, Oh yes! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Dr. Grant laughingly congratulated Miss Crawford on feeling no disinclination to the state herself. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Somebody was saying, said the Rector, laughingly, that East Retford was nothing to Middlemarch, for bribery. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I accused him of it, laughing, and he laughingly acknowledged the intrigue. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It always answers to reason with Fly, she said, laughingly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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