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unsmiling

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unsmiling [ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋ]
adj
not wearing or assuming a smile; serious
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unsmiling - not smilingunsmiling - not smiling                          
joyless - not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
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unsmiling [ˈʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋ] ADJadusto


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There were other guests and the countess talked little to him, and only as he kissed her hand on taking leave said unexpectedly and in a whisper, with a strangely unsmiling face: "Come to dinner tomorrow.
It may have been his extreme good-nature, the serious, unsmiling good-nature of a fat, swarthy man with coal-black moustache and steady eyes; but he might have been a bit of a diplomatist, too.
Unsmiling, his face was rather sad and absent in expression, not unlike the melancholy, inscrutable hero of Anne's own early dreams; but mirth and humor and charm lighted it up when he smiled.
 
 
 
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