lightsome
adjective
light, especially in form, appearance, or movement; airy; buoyant; agile; nimble; graceful.
lightsomely
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a word derived from
lightsome.
Example Sentences
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Hawthorne said: "Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire as well as dance lightsomely in a gala-dress."
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
Recall how lightsomely it ran down the snowy slope, from the Big Chimney Cabin to the river trail, that morning they set forth.
From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins
Alexander agreed, and they set to work to carry on a conversation, lightsomely fluttering from topic to topic.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
"Do so, by all means," said Pauline lightsomely, entering the carriage.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
So bare was thy fine throat, and curls of black So lightsomely dropp'd on thy lordly back.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton
