Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being smiling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality or state of being smiling.
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- noun The quality or state of being
smiling .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But when Mrs. Babbitt hinted with plump smilingness, Does Paul get as tired after the winters work as Georgie does?
Chapter 10 1922
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But when Mrs. Babbitt hinted with plump smilingness, ` ` Does Paul get as tired after the winter's work as Georgie does? '' then Zilla remembered an injury; and when Zilla Riesling remembered an injury the world stopped till something had been done about it.
Babbitt 1922
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His heart actually leapt at the thought of the smilingness of fortune which had lavished upon him so much, that 'twould be rapture to him to lay at her feet.
His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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Even the cold, monotonous atmosphere could not destroy the grace and smilingness of the opening stage of our journey -- sweet Allegro Gracioso to be followed by stately
The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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The peach, the almond, the grape ripen out of doors; all is smilingness, fertility, and grace.
The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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But when Mrs. Babbitt hinted with plump smilingness, "Does
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918
vendingmachine commented on the word smilingness
The state of being smiling. This sounds awkward.
July 21, 2016