v.
- form one's features into a pleased, friendly, or amused expression, with the corners of the mouth turned up.
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(smile at/on/upon)
regard favourably or indulgently.
n.
a smiling expression.
Derivative
- smiler n.
- smiling adj.
- smilingly adv.
Etymology
ME: perh. of Scand. origin; rel. to smirk.