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
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
But his use of Handel in “Aureole” displayed a quality of powerfully rhythmic melody and charming blitheness that were departures from the largely tough-grained ethos of modern dance.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2018
I am not exaggerating when I relate that the days now passed with blitheness.
From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley
