light-hearted

adjective

1. cheerful or carefree in mood or disposition

Other Word Forms

• light-heartedness noun
• light-heartedly adverb

Example Sentences

The renovation will have neither a hotel, casino nor golf course, as Obama mentioned in his light-hearted speech at the 2011 correspondents’ dinner.

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"I wouldn't condone it but it seems to be a light-hearted criticism," the Liberal Democrat councillor said.

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Page tried to keep it "light-hearted" and said she "would not have dreamed of making a complaint".

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As the name suggests, they are a light-hearted alternative to the more serious Nobel Prize - but the research they celebrate is all very real.

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In 2018, he announced his retirement from acting ahead of the release of his light-hearted caper, “The Old Man & the Gun.”

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Related Words

• cheerful 
• cheery 
• graceful