mirthlessly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirthlessly
Adverb
  • Korean director Han Chang-lok’s Funky Freaky Freaks, a darkly comic ensemble about misfits on the fringes of Seoul society, received the special jury award.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Jimmy Kimmel—whose late-night talk show was briefly taken off air by ABC after Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, criticized remarks that Kimmel had made about Kirk’s killing and hinted darkly at regulatory consequences—was one casualty.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • What at first appears to be a run-of-the-mill trauma drama about a family dealing with the eldest child’s anorexia nervosa gradually evolves into something odder and more original, even blackly comic, in Ungrateful Beings.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Look pessimistically, and perhaps the inexperience is too much of a barrier.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • O’Farrell’s words skip lightly on some pages, then pace with anxiety, then finally trudge along despairingly.
    The Know, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Finally, from some point in the future, miserably tied together, the two sing that the end of time can’t come soon enough.
    Molly Langmuir, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
  • When the little doggy pool doesn't float, their plan fails miserably, and both Mabel and her sister Millie are left having to rethink their strategy.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Mirthlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirthlessly. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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