English

Adverb

smilingly ‎(comparative more smilingly, superlative most smilingly)

1. In a smiling manner; with a smile.
   • 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, Chapter 8,

     But me thinks at these words I heare some smilingly say, I would be loath to lacke liuing of my own till the Prince gaue me a maner of new Elme for my riming […]

   • 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, Scene 3,

     But his flaw’d heart,

     Alack, too weak the conflict to support!

     ’Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief,

     Burst smilingly.

   • 1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters, London: William Miller, 1811, Volume II, Letter 28, p. 279,

     He looked smilingly serious.

   • 1816, John Keats, “Sleep and Poetry,”

     Lo! how they murmur, laugh, and smile, and weep:

     Some with upholden hand and mouth severe;

     Some with their faces muffled to the ear

     Between their arms; some, clear in youthful bloom,

     Go glad and smilingly athwart the gloom;

     Some looking back, and some with upward gaze;

     Yes, thousands in a thousand different ways

     Flit onward […]

   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 27,

     So Amelia gave Dobbin her little hand as she got out of the carriage, and rebuked him smilingly for not having taken any notice of her all night.

   • 1909, R. Austin Freeman, “The Man with the Nailed Shoes,” in John Thorndyke’s Cases,

     […] Thorndyke, having unstrapped the hamper with as much care as if it contained a collection of priceless porcelain, bore it tenderly up to his bedroom; whence he appeared, after a considerable interval, smilingly apologetic for the delay.