Meaning

To smile while smirking..

Definitions by Sense

1. To smile while smirking.
2. An instance of smile-smirking; a combined smile and smirk.

Example Sentences

She smilesmirked supercilious (wept! aren’t men?), but, lightward gliding, mild she smiled on Boylan.

Having inarticulately “rung the bell,” Douce “smilesmirks,” but nothing comes from her lips until the show is over and she teases Blazes Boylan (flirting with him, not Lenehan) that he is “the essence of vulgarity?' Never mind that her surname is French for “sweet,” she goes sour when Boylan leaves the pub immediately thereafter, for an assignation with Bloom's wife Molly.

He clanged open the register, still smile-smirking—Holy moly, it was really happening, what an adventure, wait'll he told the guys!

[…] and he'd quickly pull out and jettison a storm, turbospewing her back and hair and sheets and face and ears and sly, conniving little smile-smirk.

Not because it made his scar disappear, but because it eased it for a few moments. His cocky smile-smirk was a close second favorite.

He wiped his own face as an indicator, that same smile-smirk painted on his stupid face.

I'm so not gonna tell him I was giggling because he is in my laps, but honestly, I think he knows. His lips do that smile-smirk thing again and he sits up.

Word Forms

• smile-smirks
• smile-smirking
• smile-smirked

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When Should You Use Smile-smirk?

Use smile-smirk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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