unlaughing en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + laughing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not laughing.
Emblems of past promises for a utopian future and scenes of a present still poisoned by those promises exist on a continuum in these wry but unlaughing, beautifully painted pictures.
2009 March 6, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times: