toothily

Examples

• All

• Doug grinned toothily at the little girl, showing his shiny white teeth.

• And the monster in the painting seemed to smile toothily.

  Fiction book (1995)

• He grinned toothily when he saw her.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Pancho smiled toothily.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The cowboy turned, grinned toothily, and the viewpoint shifted to close-up, and in the dark pupils of the cowboy's eyes.

  Fiction book (1994)

• " Idi Amin smiled toothily at Yossi, and the sergeant made a gagging noise.

  Fiction book (1993)

• A picture of Birnbaum and Ruthie was half concealed by a baby bottle, while above it, on the wall, a couple smiled toothily from a wooden porch swing.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Pancho smiled toothily, revealing his cheerful demeanor.

• He grinned toothily when he received the good news, exposing his excitement.

Synonyms

S

smilingly

vstoothily

2 2.5

With the mouth turned up in a friendly way

emphasizes showing teeth when smiling

B

beamingly

vstoothily

4.2

A person smiles in a bright, happy way

focuses more on exposing teeth as the main feature

Antonyms

S

stoically

6 6.8

Act without showing pain or strong feelings when things are hard

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology