unmirthful

The distressing explanation she had to make to Harriet, and all that poor Harriet would be suffering, with the awkwardness of future meetings, the difficulties of continuing or discontinuing the acquaintance, of subduing feelings, concealing resentment, and avoiding eclat, were enough to occupy her in most unmirthful reflections some time longer, and she went to bed at last with nothing settled but the conviction of her having blundered most dreadfully.

Emma 2004

The distressing explanation she had to make to Harriet, and all that poor Harriet would be suffering, with the awkwardness of future meetings, the difficulties of continuing or discontinuing the acquaintance, of subduing feelings, concealing resentment, and avoiding eclat, were enough to occupy her in most unmirthful reflections some time longer, and she went to bed at last with nothing settled but the conviction of her having blundered most dreadfully.

Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001

A grim unmirthful smile parted Robert Grell's lips.

The Grell Mystery Frank Froest

It was not long before "the merry monarch" was involved in most unmirthful disputes with the citizens, whom he endeavoured to deprive of their ancient right to elect their own sheriffs.

The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges William Ferneley Allen

His short-lived, most unmirthful mirth has died from him, he has laid a hand upon the table near him to steady himself.

April's Lady A Novel Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

He looked at her and a sudden cynical amusement gleamed in his eyes -- an amusement so bitterly unmirthful that there seemed something almost brutal about it.

The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler

It was all he could do to keep his face judicially grave and unmirthful.

Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper 1934

Old Edward King was small of stature and when he passed people in the street laughed a queer unmirthful laugh.

A Man of Ideas 1919

Old Edward King was small of stature and when he passed people in the street laughed a queer unmirthful laugh.

Winesburg, Ohio: a Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life 1919

"Well, then," asserted Grandpa Davis, with an unmirthful chuckle, "it don't appear to me as we've got so powerful much to be thankful about this year."

Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918