See Also: tacet(dictionary)

unsmiling (iou) and tacet (iou)


unsmiling (iou)



unsmiling adjective. E19.
[from UN-1 + SMILING.]
Not smiling; not accompanied by a smile or smiles.
A. Lambert She waited, her concentration fixed and her face unsmiling. G. McCaughrean He had an unsmiling, melancholy face, as if preoccupied with some distant sadness.
unsmilingly adverb L19.

tacet (iou)



tacet adverb & noun. E18.
[Latin = is silent, from tacere be silent.]
Music.
A. adverb. A direction: be silent for a time; pause. E18.
b. noun. A pause. L18.