mirthlessly

comparative more mirthlessly · superlative most mirthlessly

1. In a mirthless manner; sadly.

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

   1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 7”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

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

   1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 79”, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC