unsmilingly
1
6.7
- adverb
- /ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋli/
:
sin sonreír
- She was watchful as a deaf-mute and as silent, catching every signal around the table, responding obediently and unsmilingly to every demand.
- stared unsmilingly
Examples
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He accepted the verdict unsmilingly, not showing any sign of disappointment.
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About that time, the Disciple of Jesus came up to them and just looked on unsmilingly and without comment to her.
Blog text (20) -
A boy clung to a tall man, and a girl with brown eyes stared unsmilingly at Jack.
Fiction book (1999) -
In others, the Africans look unsmilingly into the camera, leaving the viewer of these stereographs unambiguously aware of his role as observer.
Academic text (2007) -
That’s why the people in this town keep staring at me, not quite as often as people stared the last time I came to China, but just as boldly and just as unsmilingly.
Blog text (13) -
He went down to his car, got in, glanced unsmilingly at them up on the porch, and drove off down Clark Street in a spurt of dusty gravel.
Fiction book (1991) -
I don't remember anything from that first date other than the embarrassing feeling that he was unsmilingly scrutinizing my every wrinkle and pore, the powder mapped unevenly across my face, all while talking with faint interest about sentence construction in the postwar short story.
Fiction book (2000) -
She nodded unsmilingly as he explained the situation to her.
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The teacher looked at the class unsmilingly after they made a loud noise.
Synonyms
16
3.1
In a way that shows no expression or feeling
15
1.3
In a sad or regretful way
4
6.8
In a way that shows no feeling or reaction
4
5.2
In a calm way that shows no strong feeling or interest
3
4.8
In a blank way that shows no interest or thought
1
6.8
Without smiling or laughing at things meant to be funny
1
5.0
In a calm way that does not show feelings
1
8.0
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
1
7.4
In a way that shows no feeling or awareness
1
7.8
In a way that shows no real joy or amusement
1
5.6
In a way that shows little interest or energy
1
6.0
In a way that shows no feeling on the face
1
6.8
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
In a way that shows no happiness or pleasure
In a way that shows you are not happy
In a sad, tired way with little energy
In a way that shows no feeling on the face
Without showing any feeling
Antonyms
How Smiling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsmilingly comes from un- meaning 'not', the familiar word smile meaning 'a happy face', and the ending -ly meaning 'in a ... way', just like in happily. So to act unsmilingly is to do something 'without smiling', which explains its meaning of being serious or unfriendly.