释义 |
unˈsmiling, ppl. a. (un-1 10.)
1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. II. 129 Her fixed, settled, unsmiling silence hung over the banquet like a cloud. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xxxi, An unsmiling..gaze it was. 1873Dixon Two Queens xix. v. IV. 26 Charles, with meek, unsmiling face, knelt in his chapel. Hence unˈsmilingly adv., unˈsmilingness.
1873R. Broughton Nancy II. 65 The utter unsmilingness of his expression. 1879Howell L. Aroostook xxvi, ‘Is it something disagreeable?’ asked Stainford lightly. ‘It's right,’ assured Lydia, unsmilingly. |