blithesome
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- blithesomely adverb
- blithesomeness noun
Etymology
Origin of blithesome
Example Sentences
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Noah Brooks, a journalist, claimed that "few persons would recognize the hearty, blithesome, genial, and wiry Abraham Lincoln of earlier days" if they were to meet him again during his presidency.
From Salon • May 29, 2011
It was to commemorate the birth of this son that Wagner wrote his most blithesome work, Siegfried, the third of the Ring tetralogy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under the seamed cliff of his forehead, his eyes lurk in shadowed caves, agile, probing, grave, blithesome and wise.
From Time Magazine Archive
His alchemy remints fables into wondrous blithesome magic.
From Time Magazine Archive
When she finished, all the blithesome, pulsing happiness that had dwelt in her beautiful face a few moments previously had vanished.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
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