smirkly

[Eng. smirk; -ly.] In a smirking manner; with a smirk. smîrk-ý, a. [Eng. smirk; -y.] Smart, spruce. ( Prov.) *smit, pa . par . of v . [SMITE.) smit, v . t . [A.S.smit an=to infect; besmitan =to pollute, to defile; Ger. smitten, schmitzen to besmear.] To infect. ( Prov .) smite, *smight, *smyte (pa. t. *smat, smoot, *smot, smote ; pa. par. #smiten , smitten), v. t. & i. [A. S. smit an ( pa.t.smát ; pa.par.smiten); cogn. with Dut. smijten ; Sw.smida to forge; Dan.smide =to fling; O. H. Ger. smizan to throw, to stroke, "He does smile his face into more lines than is on the to smear; Ger. schmei en =to smite, to fling.] new map."- Shakesp .: Twelfth Night , iii. 2. smile, *smyle, s. [SMILE, v.] 1. A slight contraction of the features of the face indicative of pleasure, amusement, approbation, or kindne . (The opposite to frown .) "Sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles ; for smiles from reason flow, To brute denied." Milton: P. L., ix. 239. 2. Gay, cheerful, or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring. 3. Favor, propitiousne , countenance, support. "Methought I stood not in the smile of heaven." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., ii. 4. 4. An expre ion of countenance, somewhat resembling a smile, but expre ing slight contempt, scorn, or self-satisfaction; a sneering or contemptuous smile. 5. A dram. ( Slang .) *smile-ful, a . [Eng. smile, s.; ful (1).] Full of smiles; smiling.