smiling

Adjective

(comparative more smiling, superlative most smiling)

That which smiles or has a smile.
smiling children

Antonyms

unsmiling

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural smilings)

The action of the verb to smile.
Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning.

Verb

Present participle of smile.
They were smiling at the children.

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Sentence Examples

Alex walked into the room, smiling when he saw what she had done.
She suddenly paused, smiling at her own impetuosity.
Vanna White in sheriff's duds, but with anything but a smiling attitude.
She was still smiling when she walked back into the kitchen.
Her last impression of Darcie was a smiling face.

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