blithe
adjective
blitheness
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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
Here’s a timeline, by Kate Brannen, of the relationship between Manafort and Trump—which, contra Trump’s blitheness on the topic, goes deep.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2017
Now she had analyzed the most touching impression that David Verne produced—an impression as of a child who has come into the world with a heart full of blitheness and trust, only to be mistreated.
From Sacrifice by Stephen French Whitman
