Similar to this question, I'm looking for a word to describe a particular kind of smile.
It's the kind of smile I smile when I receive a sweet message from the girl I love, and just can't help beaming. The phrase which goes through my mind is 'smiling like a fool', but I somehow think there might be a more precise adverb (e.g. smiling sheepishly, which I don't think quite fits).
"I catch myself smiling ____ when I read her texts."
Which adverb fits best?
He smiled soppily at his girlfriend.
soppy:
If you describe someone or something as soppy, you mean that they are foolishly sentimental. [British, informal]
He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend being soppy.
She loves soppy love stories, old films, that sort of thing.
euphorically?
euphoric - characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness
enraptured [smile] - filled with great pleasure or joy
Edit to add sources:
euphoric is from: https://kathysteinemann.com/Musings/smiles/
'enrapture' - not sure. May have looked for synonyms of euphoric and it was just in search results.
Will dopily work for you?
Dopey: Silly; foolish
THEFREEDICTIONARY.COM meaning for Dopey
There's also a clip-art in the said webpage. See if it(the grin) matches yours for accuracy.
