laughinglyadverb
uk/ˈlɑː.fɪŋ.li/us/ˈlæf.ɪŋ.li/If you do something laughingly, you are laughing while you are doing it:
He laughingly pointed out our mistakes.
disapproving If you say something is laughingly described in a particular way, you think this thing is so bad that it does not deserve the description:
It is only one of the absurd rules in the system of law laughingly known as British justice.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Laughing and smiling
- amused
- be all smiles idiom
- be in convulsions idiom
- be rolling in the aisles idiom
- be wreathed in smiles idiom
- beam
- bust
- gale
- gales of laughter idiom
- giggle
- giggler
- giggly
- grin
- simper
- smile
- smiley
- smiling
- smilingly
- smirk
- stitch
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