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Meanings of merriness in inglês
Synonyms
Examples for "jocosity"
Examples for "jocosity"
1
It contained the usual assortment of conventional praise and vulgar jocosity:-
2
Isn't the thing he lacks the back-slapping jocosity that passes for humor here?
3
The jocosity exemption might cover some of the lies, but surely not all.
4
From some of his observations we might think he was altogether averse from jocosity.
5
Mr. Birch turned to her with confidential jocosity.
1
A tone of pride and glee, and, occasionally, of bantering jocoseness, is discernible.
2
He said it with as much jocoseness as civility allowed, then at once rose.
3
Anything like the jocoseness of Mr. Guppy's mother just now, I think I never saw.
4
It was Mr. Mawmsey's friendly jocoseness in questioning him which had set the tone of Lydgate's reply.
5
Under all the big man's apparent fierceness there had been a flash of rough jocoseness in his tones at times.
1
She had a keen appreciation of the humorousness and quaintness of children.
2
A warm-hearted, emotional girl was Lady Mabella, who laughed at the humorousness of being alive.
3
Some of his short stories are marvellous but many read like five-finger exercises, often aiming at a humorousness that hasn't aged well.
4
When he opened the newspapers and found the advertisements of the flats, she saw the engaging, half-awkward humorousness come into his eyes.
5
Though now thirty-five years old, he had not lost the humorousness which had procured for him the sobriquet of "Laughing Tam."
Usage of merriness in inglês
1
The merriness in his eyes was always there, even when he wept.
2
It was never merriness which made eyes sparkle that way.
3
He loved her for her merriness, for her open sunniness.
4
It was made out of merriness, sunshine, and dew.
5
Ingigerd portrayed this with inimitable grace, innocence and merriness.
6
Those face-contortions, retortions, distortions, have the merriness of antics.
7
But she made no remark, and showed no surprise, but met his merriness half way.
8
The action was to cover with a veneer of merriness a question which it embarrassed him to ask.
9
But the merriness died on Dick's face the moment he turned on his heel to enter the house.
10
His merriness gladdened her.
11
Jim's smile flashed and Penelope wondered what she liked best about it, his white teeth, his merriness or his wistfulness.
12
Here was that voice-robbed of Rachel's liveliness and merriness, true-but that same voice saying, I'm sorry 1 was such a bastard, Louis.
13
Now that we see it all but completed, we think this book singularly wanting in reference to The General's frequent merriness of mood.
14
Fiona turned out to be a good mimic, and for all her merriness, there was a cruel touch to her humor that Briony liked.
15
"It'll do you some good," he said over his shoulder, though the merriness faded from his tone.
16
"Well, well," said Ignaty, set at ease, smiling at Nikolay with confidence and merriness in his eyes.
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Merriness through the time