adv. [f. prec.] In a smirking manner; with a smirk.
1567. Drant, Horace, Ep., I. vi. D ij. Thou thy selfe moste smerkinglye … Saye father, brother, to eche one.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), V. 147. Hanging smirkingly upon all I said.
1773. Berridge, Wks. (1864), 89. It would do you good to see how smirkingly they go to church in summer.
1856. W. White, On Foot thro’ Tyrol, xiii. 273. The bridegroom … looked as smirkingly jovial as could be expected.
