For the first time that evening he smiled broadly, and there came into his eyes the humorous light which generally dwelt there.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
I believe, and, indeed, I hope, I should have maintained my temper to the end, had not the fellow pretty broadly insinuated that some motive of personal advantage had prompted my interference, and actually pushed his insolence so far as to insinuate that 'I should make a better thing' by adhering to his fortunes.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The man who had brought the horse up grinned broadly as he watched Wisbech jolt across the clearing.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton