In the Review Defoe, treating Sacheverell with riotously mirthful contempt, calls for the punishment of the doctrines rather than the man.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
And we know that many who had opportunity to observe His habits could never understand or reconcile themselves to His easy familiarity with all kinds of people, and to His freedom in partaking in mirthful scenes and hilarious entertainments.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
He could just see their gleam by the reflection of a ray streaming out on the water from a light on the lower deck, and they were infinitely tender yet mirthful.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee