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laughingly
laugh L0067500 (lăf, läf)v. laughed, laugh·ing, laughs v.intr.1. To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.2. To show or feel amusement or good humor: an experience we would laugh about later on.3. a. To feel or express derision or contempt; mock: I had to laugh when I saw who my opponent was.b. To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being: You won't be laughing when the truth comes out.4. To produce sounds resembling laughter: parrots laughing and chattering in the trees.v.tr.1. To affect or influence by laughter: laughed the speaker off the stage; laughed the proposal down.2. To say with a laugh: He laughed his delight at the victory.n.1. a. The act of laughing.b. The sound of laughing; laughter.2. Informal Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke: The solution they recommended was a laugh.3. often laughs Informal Fun; amusement: went along just for laughs.Phrasal Verbs: laugh at To treat lightly; scoff at: a daredevil who laughed at danger. laugh off (or away) To dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial: laughed off any suggestion that her career was over.Idioms: laugh all the way to the bank To take glee in making money, especially from activity that others consider to be unimpressive or unlikely to turn a profit. laugh out of the other side of (one's) mouth To see one's good fortune turn to bad; suffer a humbling reversal.laugh up/in (one's) sleeve To rejoice or exult in secret, as at another's error or defeat.
[Middle English laughen, from Old English hlæhhan, probably ultimately of imitative origin.]
laugh′er n.laugh′ing·ly adv.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | laughingly - with laughter; while laughing; "he told the story laughingly" |
Translationslaugh (laːf) verb to make sounds with the voice in showing happiness, amusement, scorn etc. We laughed at the funny photographs; Children were laughing in the garden as they played. 笑 笑 noun an act or sound of laughing. He gave a laugh; a loud laugh. 笑 笑ˈlaughable adjective1. ridiculous or deserving scorn. Her attempts at drawing were laughable. 可笑的 可笑的2. amusing; comical. 有趣的，好笑的 有趣的，好笑的 ˈlaughably adverb 可笑地 可笑地ˈlaughingly adverb as a joke. She suggested laughingly that he should try it himself. 開玩笑地 带着笑地ˈlaughter noun the act or sound of laughing. We could hear laughter / the sound of laughter from the next room. 笑聲 笑声ˈlaughing-stock noun someone who is laughed at. If I wear that hat, I'll be a laughing-stock. 笑柄 笑柄laugh at to make it obvious that one regards something or someone as humorous, ridiculous or deserving scorn. Everyone will laugh at me if I wear that dress!; The others laughed at his fears. 嘲笑 嘲笑IdiomsSeelaughEncyclopediaSeeLaughing |