adv
Meaning 1
With laughter or merriment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
laughingly
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CMU ARPABET: L AE1 F IH0 NG L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
With derision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adverb
Meaning 3
with laughter; while laughing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he told the story laughingly
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History
Etymology
From Middle English laughynglie, leiȝingly, equivalent to laughing + -ly.