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• n  a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
• v  change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
• v  express with a smile
• s  smiling with happiness or optimism
  a room of smiling faces

• Research suggests that the act of smiling is a hardwired trait and that the purpose of it may be not only to express joy but also to foster it from the outside in.
• So let me submit that he is smiling and serene not because he is crazy.

• smile
• grin
• grinning
• beamish
• twinkly

News & Articles

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• Lights, camera, read
  You see them everywhere: smiling for the camera, promoting their latest film, putting their hands in cement. Yes, I'm talking about the famous (and infamous) stars of stage, screen and television.
  June 12, 2013 - Everett Herald
• Hank Azaria announces the Dodgers lineup in ‘Simpsons’ voices (Video)
  Your browser does not support iframes. Many Los Angeles Dodgers fans aren't smiling right now, not after Monday night's collapsing loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. But here's something that should bring a smile to the faces of Dodgers fans, baseball … Continue reading ?
  June 11, 2013 - Big League Stew via Yahoo! Sports
• Meyer crowned Rush County Fair Queen
  Saturday evening, a smiling Katie Meyer was crowned the 2013 Rush County Fair Queen at the Laughlin Center for the Performing Arts.
  June 11, 2013 - Rushville Republican