Meanings of smiling than in English

The wife looked more smiling than cheerful, and her pretty eyes went hither and thither.

Is one face less smiling than another?

Nor was mine host less smiling than the day, though he had not overcharged me for my room.

It was a scene grotesque enough in all conscience, but Linforth was never further from smiling than at this moment.

As for the marquis, more spruce and smiling than usual, he conversed in a corner with Félicité, who seemed very gay.

When men in general thoroughly enjoy the pleasure of talking nonsense to children, they can no more help smiling than they can help breathing.

The image of her flashed to mind: tall, thin, short gray hair, large caring eyes, and a mouth more accustomed to smiling than frowning.

Never had life seemed more fair and smiling than at the moment when Aunt Jane's letter descended upon me like a bolt from the blue.

No less nervous, snappy, or pugnacious than before, the little sharp-faced man appeared more smiling than ever, and yet with an expression even more sardonic.

"I want to know," said she, with a countenance no less smiling than her sister's, "what you have learnt about Mr. Wickham.