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mirthless

 adjective
     
mirth‧less
literary mirthless laughter or a mirthless smile does not seem to be caused by real amusement or happiness:
'Now it's your turn,' he said with a mirthless grin.
—mirthlessly adverb:
He smiled mirthlessly.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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