lighthearted
[lahyt-hahr-tid]
- carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
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Contemporary Examples
But not all the communications from friends and associates were as lighthearted.
It is, in a way, a lighthearted routine with a dark subtext: many of those gathered are accustomed to failure at auditions.
Even from the whimsical and lighthearted conversation in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
This portrait of a beautiful, lighthearted child was key to representing the idyllic Ralph Lauren lifestyle.
He says that Donatella Versace—who shares a buoyant, lighthearted relationship with the designer—challenged him.
Historical Examples
She evidently thought I was becoming gay and lighthearted at last.
Kent Knowles: QuahaugJoseph C. Lincoln
I have become a rover and a waif, and I feel as lighthearted as a boy.
No Surrender!G. A. Henty
You were then a gay, lighthearted soldier, devoted to your duties.
The Martyr of the CatacombsAnonymous
It is scarcely a fault to be lighthearted, and easily pleased.
David Fleming's ForgivenessMargaret Murray Robertson
For Copper the future was a simple thing and she was lighthearted about it.
The Lani PeopleJ. F. Bone