toothily
Showing many teeth
In a toothy manner—with teeth prominently displayed, especially when smiling or grinning.
The word usually suggests an exaggerated or somewhat forced expression: She smiled toothily for the camera.
It can carry a slightly predatory or unsettling quality: He grinned toothily at his opponent.
Showing a broad smile
- baringRemoving a concealment
- snarlingVocalized hostile warning
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
wolfish · sinister · intimidating · fierce · dangerous · ominous · foreboding · chilling
grinning
Showing a broad smile
- baringRemoving a concealment
- snarlingVocalized hostile warning
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
predatory · wolfish · sinister · intimidating · fierce · dangerous · ominous · foreboding · chilling · fearsome
ravenously
With extreme hunger
- voraciouslyWith extreme hunger
- eagerlyWith keen enthusiasm
- greedilyWith excessive wanting
hungrily · devouring · gnashing · biting · chomping · gnawing · snapping · anticipating · craving · salivating
smiling
Displaying warmth facially
broadly · happily · joyfully · gleefully · warmly · brightly · merrily · delightedly · amused · pleased
toothilytight-lipped
Unwilling to divulge
close-mouthed · mirthlessly · wanly · pursed · faintly
toothilyreservedly
With emotional restraint
dryly · impassively · stonily · guardedly · expressionlessly
tooth, teeth, toothed, toothbrush, toothache, toothless, toothpaste, toothy, dentistry