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mirthlessly

adv

Etymology

From mirthless + -ly.

  1. inherited from myrtheles
  2. suffixed as mirthlessly — “mirthless + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a mirthless manner

    In a mirthless manner; sadly.

    • Miriam laughed again, but mirthlessly, to hear him thus mix her up with women in a general way.
    • And presently he grew conscious that the gods had played a very good practical joke on him, and he laughed at himself mirthlessly.

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