Crossword clues for smiling
smiling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smile \Smile\ (sm[imac]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smiled (sm[imac]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Smiling.] [OE. smilen; akin to Dan. smile, Sw. smila, MHG. smielen, smieren, L. mirari to wonder at, Skr. smi to smile; and probably to E. smicker.
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To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.
He doth nothing but frown. . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not.
--Shak.She smiled to see the doughty hero slain.
--Pope.When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.
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To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.
'T was what I said to Craggs and Child, Who praised my modesty, and smiled.
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To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.
The desert smiled, And paradise was opened in the wild.
--Pope. To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.
Wiktionary
That which smiles or has a smile. n. The action of the verb '''to smile'''. v
(present participle of smile English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "smiling".
So I stood where I was and abode her coming, smiling and unafraid, and half-clad.
Presently the Youngs appeared and with smiling acquaintanceship joined Filmer.
But the king was smiling and affable, as though there was nothing unusual in arriving thus.
Violet said, smiling through her tears as she took his hand and pressed it affectionately in hers.
Paula murmured, smiling to herself as she thought affectionately of Emily, her busy little bee forever trying to be of help.
Annamaria Roccaro was the last to get into position, smiling in apology as she crowded next to Aiken Drum and felt the hard tools in his pockets pressing through the sleeves and skirts of her habit.
Pacino looked over at Alameda, and this time she met his eyes, smiling.
Taken by surprise, Alec turned to find a tall, thin old man smiling down on him.
To his right, a row of dead salmon birds and ribbon birds, Alfin smiling in his sleep, and one of the Carther Tribe women, the pregnant one, Ilsa.
When Marge arrived tonight, she would watch over Dunlap while the one-armed man and the son in need of a father would ride out to check the steers, and in the meantime, Slaughter leaned back, smiling, as the setting sun cast an alpenglow on Lucas who rode straight and strong, and a colt veered from its mother, and they gamboled in the sun.
I guess it was alright that he looked this good, but for a moment when I looked into that plump, smiling face, I was afraid.
Now beholding the scarred face of him, the tender, smiling lips, the adoration in his grey eyes, she trembled amain and, swaying to him, rested her hands on his mailed shoulders.
Relaxed after the hunt, warm under the limpid trees, a little stirred by the romance and the artifice, the English Ambassage lay listening, smiling, and watched the young man who had given Sir John Perrott a poor game, but had clearly been selected by the Scottish Queen for quite different talents.
But what pleased me extremely was that in spite of my amorous persecution she did not lose that smiling calm which so became her.
She was smiling at Mac Ard, and if she remained a careful step away from him, she also kept her gaze on him.