smickeringadj.
rare.
That smirks or smickers.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly
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simpering1546
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smickering1930
1930 W. de la Mare Poems for Children 17 All turned their heads with a smickering smile.
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ˈsmickering
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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > amorous inclination
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smickering1699
1699 J. Dryden Let. 28 Sept. in Wks. (1893) XVIII. 157 We had a young doctour, who rode by our coach, and seem'd to have a smickering to our young lady of Pilton.
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