grinningly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With a grin.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "But EastEnders has also just been blessed by the appearance of Walford Community Church. A group of intrepid church planters apparently sent from the planet Throg are meeting in Albert Square. Unfortunately they really do put the old cringometer in the red: a grinningly picture-perfect group in continuous ecstasy, they listen to the preacher with a rapt attention unknown in the history of Christianity."
- "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."
Etymology
From grinning + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more grinningly (comparative)
most grinningly (superlative)