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mirthlessly

mirthlessly adverb: in a mirthless manner; sadly.

Adverb

mirthlessly (comparative more mirthlessly, superlative most mirthlessly)

  1. In a mirthless manner; sadly.
    • Miriam laughed again, but mirthlessly, to hear him thus mix her up with women in a general way.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 7”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
    • And presently he grew conscious that the gods had played a very good practical joke on him, and he laughed at himself mirthlessly.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 79”, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC

Forms of mirthlessly

comparativemore mirthlessly
superlativemost mirthlessly

Origin of mirthlessly

From mirthless + -ly.

Questions about mirthlessly

What does mirthlessly mean?
Mirthlessly means in a mirthless manner; sadly.
What part of speech is mirthlessly?
Mirthlessly is an adverb.

Words near mirthlessly in the dictionary

  1. mirthfulness
  2. mirthier
  3. mirthiest
  4. mirthless
  5. mirthlesse
  6. mirthlessly
  7. mirthlessness
  8. mirthquake
  9. mirthquakes
  10. mirths
  11. mirthsome

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