mirthlessly

mirthlessly

English

Etymology

mirthless +‎ -ly

Adverb

mirthlessly (comparative more mirthlessly, superlative most mirthlessly)

1. In a mirthless manner; sadly.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7

     Miriam laughed again, but mirthlessly, to hear him thus mix her up with women in a general way.

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, ch. 79

     And presently he grew conscious that the gods had played a very good practical joke on him, and he laughed at himself mirthlessly.

Translations

in a mirthless manner

Russian: безра́достно (ru) (bezrádostno)