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Webster 1913 Edition


Grinningly

Grin′ning-ly

,
adv.
In a grinning manner.

Webster 1828 Edition


Grinningly

GRIN'NINGLY

,
adv.
With a grinning laugh.

Definition 2024


grinningly

grinningly

English

Adverb

grinningly (comparative more grinningly, superlative most grinningly)

  1. With a grin.
    • 2009 July 19, Terrence Rafferty, “On the Screen, the Shrink Has Shrunk”, in New York Times:
      It’s very funny — Bob is played by Bill Murray at his most unhinged, the psychiatrist by Richard Dreyfuss at his most grinningly uptight —— but it’s a little creepy too.