Unmirthful

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not mirthful.

    "Through the chinks of my fingers, dolorously spread over my face, I see that he has sat down on the other side of the table, just opposite me, and that he is smiling in the same unmirthful, gently sarcastic way, as he was when he left me."

Example

More examples

"Through the chinks of my fingers, dolorously spread over my face, I see that he has sat down on the other side of the table, just opposite me, and that he is smiling in the same unmirthful, gently sarcastic way, as he was when he left me."

Etymology

From un- + mirthful.

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