mirthfully

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The extra effort and occasional setbacks don’t show in the finished product; the new season finds the Shermasphere recognizably intact and as mirthfully metatextual as ever.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022

The multi-instrumentalist Louis Cato was leading a jam session, smiling mirthfully from behind an electric bass, guiding a rotating band through deep-pocket covers of jazz standards and D’Angelo B-sides.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2021

People who don't will surely enjoy Rosheuvel's mirthfully intimidating performance.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2020

Its irreverent, mirthfully indelicate narrative works because of Peet and Azaria’s outstanding onscreen chemistry.

From Salon • May 9, 2017

After dinner, upon the lawn at Malmaison, the most distinguished gentlemen and ladies, not of France only, but of all Europe, were often actively and most mirthfully engaged in this sport.

From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)