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- adjective Not
laughing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Srinivas closed his eyes and folded his arms, an unlaughing Buddha with the indisputable authority of one who had flown.
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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And the faces of the wearers of these were unlaughing, but they held themselves just as proudly as the rest.
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She couldn't bring herself to believe that this grave, spent, unlaughing person at her side was Tabs, the gallant, care-free comrade she had asked to marry her.
The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Coningsby Dawson 1921
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The ass, though the dullest of all unlaughing animals, is reported to have once accomplished a great feat in the way of exciting laughter.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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A hoary old sea-dog with unlaughing eyes was putting leading questions.
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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Too impatient amidst the heartless courtesies of society, and little practised in the minuter attentions, he has rarely sacrificed to the unlaughing graces of Lord Chesterfield.
Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Isaac Disraeli 1807
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