Squeaker's dog sniffed and barked joyfully around them till his licking efforts to bottom a salmon tin sent him careering in a muzzled frenzy, that caused the younger woman's thick lips to part grinningly till he came too close.
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Grinningly
Synonyms for "grinningly"
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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.
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