10 Light lit & vocab tips #5 Smile like that comentada em 30/09/2021 20:28 Cãotural Alice.V em 30/09/21 13:34 comentada em 30/09/2021 20:28 “He smiled understandingly, much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced, or seemed to face, the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.” Nick Carraway, being enthralled by the smile of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby.Other words for smile, with different nuances:A grin is a broad smile that usually shares in the humor of the moment.A smirk is a smile when you are enjoying watching others go through an uncomfortable situation, a derisive smile that expresses smugness or scorn.