Slightly Smiling Face

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The Slightly Smiling Face emoji (🙂) is the diplomatic champion of lukewarm enthusiasm—it's what you send when you want to seem pleasant but not *too* excited. This is your go-to for polite acknowledgment, passive-aggressive politeness, or when you're genuinely content but don't want to oversell it. It's the emoji equivalent of saying 'fine' when everything is actually fine, but you know how that sounds.

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Category: Smileys & Emotion
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When to use 🙂

→Responding to work emails when you're being professional but not thrilled
→Acknowledging a compliment without seeming overly excited
→Reacting to news that's fine but not amazing
→Being polite in group chats when you have nothing strong to add
→Softening a message that might otherwise sound blunt

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slightlysmilingfacehappysmilesmileysemotionemoticon

Related Concepts

politereservedlukewarmdiplomaticrestrainedcivilcordialunderstatedprofessionalpassive aggressive

Unicode

Codepoint: 1F642
Unicode Version: 6.1
Added in Emoji: 1

Did you know?

This emoji is often considered one of the most passive-aggressive in the lineup—its subtle smile can read as genuine contentment or thinly veiled 'sure, whatever' depending on context, making it a masterclass in digital ambiguity.

02/22/26

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