blithesome
adjective
lighthearted; merry; cheerful.
blithesomely
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a word derived from
blithesome.
Example Sentences
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But when the far-off dust cloud To plaided legions grew, Full tenderly and blithesomely The pipes of rescue blew!
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
There are flaws in the metre, and irregularities in the rhyming arrangement, but the spirit of the whole rises blithesomely above such slight technical matters.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
He walked slowly up the red road along which the dogcart had sped so blithesomely some six or seven hours ago, and Judy and Pip followed at a respectful—a very respectful—distance.
From Seven Little Australians by Ethel Sybil Turner
"It isn't so nice to-day, is it?" she called blithesomely.
From Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
It was ten-thirty of the morning whose dawn T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., had blithesomely hailed with an impromptu musicale and saengerfest on "Lookout There!" rock, and the football triumvirate were in togs.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
