Grinningly vs. Grin: What's the Difference?
Grinningly and Grin Definitions
Grinningly
To smile broadly, often baring the teeth, as in amusement, glee, embarrassment, or other strong emotion.
Grin
To smile broadly, often baring the teeth, as in amusement, glee, embarrassment, or other strong emotion.
Grinningly
To express with a grin
I grinned my approval.
Grin
To express with a grin
I grinned my approval.
Grinningly
The act of grinning.
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Grin
The act of grinning.
Grinningly
The facial expression produced by grinning.
Grin
The facial expression produced by grinning.
Grinningly
With a grin.
Grin
A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
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Grinningly
In a grinning manner.
Grin
(obsolete) A snare; a gin.
Grin
(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
Why do you grin?
Did I say something funny?
Grin
(transitive) To express by grinning.
She grinned pleasure at his embarrassment.
Grin
To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
Grin
(transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.
He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.
Grin
A snare; a gin.
Like a bird that hasteth to his grin.
Grin
The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
He showed twenty teeth at a grin.
Grin
To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.
Grin
To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
The pangs of death do make him grin.
Grin
To express by grinning.
Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.
Grin
A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
Grin
To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
