Smile
[smaɪl]
Definition
(noun.) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement.
(verb.) change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure.
(verb.) express with a smile; 'She smiled her thanks'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.
(v. i.) To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.
(v. i.) To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.
(v. i.) To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.
(v. t.) To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.
(v. t.) To affect in a certain way with a smile.
(v. i.) The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to frown.
(v. i.) A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.
(v. i.) Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence.
(v. i.) Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.
Typist: Patricia
Definition
v.i. to express pleasure by the countenance: to express slight contempt: to look joyous: to be favourable.—n. act of smiling: the expression of the features in smiling: favour: (slang) a drink a treat.—ns. Smī′ler one who smiles; Smī′let (Shak.) a little smile.—adj. Smī′ling wearing a smile joyous.—adv. Smī′lingly in a smiling manner: with a smile or look of pleasure.—n. Smī′lingness the state of being smiling.
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Examples
- I saw a grim smile contort Mr. Rochester's lips, and he muttered-- No, by God! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He now smiled: and not a bitter or a sad smile, but one well pleased and deeply gratified. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Bruff's face softened, for the first time, into a smile. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Elizabeth turned away to hide a smile. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- What a smile! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Of course you will find plenty of socialists who see other issues and who smile a bit at the rigors of economic determinism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Tarzan smiled as he took the proffered hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mr. Bumble wiped from his forehead the perspiration which his walk had engendered, glanced complacently at the cocked hat, and smiled. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mr Dorrit smiled, and said, Eh, well! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Emma would not have smiled for the world, and only said, Is Mr. Elton gone on foot to Donwell? Jane Austen. Emma.
- He now smiled: and not a bitter or a sad smile, but one well pleased and deeply gratified. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As soon as his chattering teeth would let him speak, he smiled vacantly, and said he thought it must have been the Cramp. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was very funny, full of amusing and absurd situations; but Gould never smiled once. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His mouth was such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The peninsula of Italy was not then the smiling land of vineyards and olive orchards it has since become. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, bring him by all means, she said smiling; perhaps I can get a tip out of him on my own account. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My dear George, returns the elder, concentrating his strong steady brow upon him and smiling confidently, leave that to me, and let me try. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You appear to feel it so,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He looked with smiling penetration; and, on receiving no answer, added, _She_ ought not to be angry with you, I suspect, whatever he may be. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Handsome faces--eyes particularly, answered Meg, smiling to herself in the dark. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I have encountered her looks and smiles like--why, like a tutor, as I am. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her pride and blameless ambition was to create smiles in all around her, and to shed repose on the fragile existence of her brother. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A pearl-white moon smiles through the gray trees; does he care for her smile? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Blind as he was, smiles played over his face, joy dawned on his forehead: his lineaments softened and warmed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Look upon this damosel; note her wasted form, her halting step, her bloomless cheeks where youth should blush and happiness exult in smiles! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I would have been his servant or his slave, and lived on one of his smiles for a week, as a reward for the hardest labour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Last night it had been hope and smiles, bustle and motion, noise and brilliancy, in the drawing-room, and out of the drawing-room, and everywhere. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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