blitheness
- a word derived from blithe.
Example Sentences
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Most pointedly, Markley predicts we’ll retain a collective blitheness over mass loss of life, even up to the point when floodwaters are up to our necks.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
Leung, who makes the overwrought HBO show “Industry” very nearly watchable, lends both blitheness and depth to Basil, even while saddled with an outlandish accent.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
This obviously ironic blitheness in fact calls back to Sondheim and Swift, who invoked cannibalism to drive home dark moral fables — though here it’s larded with an M.F.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2020
Asked about this consequence, Harris was dismissive to the point of blitheness.
From Fox News ● Jan. 29, 2019
June heralding blitheness from the golden throats of troubadour field larks, rustling and crooning her message in green branches under a sky whose blue is proclamation of her love motif!
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
