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Definitioner
Substantiv
- A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement or anxiety.
Verb
- (ambitransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
- (transitive) To express by smiling.
- (intransitive) To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
- (intransitive) To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
- (intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.
Exempel
- She's got a perfect smile. He has a sinister smile. She had a smile on her face. He always puts a smile on my face.
- Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.[...]She looked around expectantly, and recognizing Mrs. Cooke's maid[...]Miss Thorn greeted her with a smile which greatly prepossessed us in her favor.
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- When you smile, the whole world smiles with you. I don't know what he's smiling about. She smiles a beautiful smile.
- “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
- to smile consent, or a welcome
- When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.
- The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.
- The desert smiled, / And paradise was opened in the wild.
- The gods smiled on his labours.
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