Adjective : a mirthful laugh. ,a mirthful experience. From Dictionary.com.
Youth, with its mirthfulness -- age, with its cheerfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
I heard him laugh, with the hereditary mirthfulness of men of that occupation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
He had lost the mirthfulness and loquacity of the previous day, and we rode on for a full hour in silence. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
Levin felt envious of this health and mirthfulness; he longed to take part in the expression of this joy of life. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
But it was too late; the consulting detective had blinked away; his mirthfulness, manifesting itself at the most inopportune times. From Wordnik.com. [An East Wind Coming]
Ackroyd had recommenced his uproarious mirthfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Thyrza] Reference
But at the time its mirthfulness did not appeal to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince and Betty] Reference
Knott continued, with a somewhat sardonic mirthfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
Then, with a mischievous mirthfulness usually foreign to his nature. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara Blomberg — Complete] Reference
She was pale, and her attempts at mirthfulness were forced and feeble. From Wordnik.com. [An Original Belle] Reference
Their mirthfulness, then, at least, grows with the joy of spreading it. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
Her mirthfulness, her own happiness, is so genuine that it is contagious. From Wordnik.com. [His Sombre Rivals] Reference
At times he is taciturn and solemn, and then bubbles over with mirthfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Vanishing Race] Reference
There was a sprightly mirthfulness in the touch of it, not unpleasing to her. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
So she kept them to herself, and sought by forced mirthfulness to disguise them. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Trembled] Reference
I heard him laugh, with the traditionary mirthfulness of men of that occupation. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.] Reference
Tartarin of Tarascon hated this pack of wretches; their mirthfulness deepened his ails. From Wordnik.com. [Tartarin of Tarascon] Reference
'Then go away!' said Anne, changed from mirthfulness to irritation by his rough manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpet-Major] Reference
And most importantly, I need to remember to laugh about this, to maintain mirthfulness and joy. From Wordnik.com. [David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment] Reference
I was worsted in this encounter, and I saw the old gleam of mirthfulness in Miss Warren's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Day of Fate] Reference
But the characteristic which won Graham's interest most strongly was her abounding mirthfulness. From Wordnik.com. [His Sombre Rivals] Reference
A few of the men only remained silent, deliberately holding aloof from the renewed mirthfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Elusive Pimpernel] Reference
Not by restraint and severity shall you can access to true nike tl3 women childlike mirthfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Roller Coaster~] Reference
Then, with a mischievous mirthfulness usually foreign to his nature, Wolf raised his goblet, exclaiming. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
And now, in contrast with all this, observe his mirthfulness, his genuine overflowing love of laughter!. From Wordnik.com. [Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History] Reference
As to his face, mention has already been made of the sober gaze lightened by a suggestion of sly mirthfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman from Outside [on Swan River]] Reference
Poor little man, he had a face that was cut for mirthfulness, and his woefulness was both touching and amusing. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland] Reference
It did not quench, indeed, their natural mirthfulness, but it filled them with strong purposes and high thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [St. Winifred's, or The World of School] Reference
As he tried to analyze her power he concluded that it lay chiefly in the mirthfulness, the joyousness of her spirit. From Wordnik.com. [His Sombre Rivals] Reference
"You, like ourselves, must submit to the fortunes of war," she replied, with a sudden gleam of her old mirthfulness. From Wordnik.com. [An Original Belle] Reference
In the background Monsieur Peyrolles watched all this mirthfulness with indifference and his master's face with attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Motto A Melodrama] Reference
The young fellow seemed to relish the ceremony exceedingly, and responsive mirthfulness gleamed for a moment in Amy's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Nature's Serial Story] Reference
Whittaker; the latter a merry, handsome girl, relieving the tedium of garrison duty with her light-hearted mirthfulness, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
The mirthfulness of his early days passed, as well it might, but a better possession -- cheerfulness -- remained to the end. From Wordnik.com. [Anne Bradstreet and Her Time] Reference
Dolly Bland, the celebrated Mrs. Jordan now -- ah, there, sir, is a brilliant specimen of Irish mirthfulness -- what a creature she is!. From Wordnik.com. [Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes] Reference
As she thus shyly ended, the character of her whole countenance was changed: its infantine mirthfulness was gone; a grave, thoughtful, even. From Wordnik.com. [Kenelm Chillingly — Complete] Reference
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