lightsome
adjective
light, especially in form, appearance, or movement; airy; buoyant; agile; nimble; graceful.
lightsomeness
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a word derived from
lightsome.
Example Sentences
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There was lightsomeness and gladness in every breath.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Carterette, with all her seeming lightsomeness, had sense and self- possession.
From The Battle of the Strong — Volume 4 A Romance of Two Kingdoms by Gilbert Parker
So joyous and merry was he, that the squirrels squeaked and scurried away at sight of him, and the very hyenas laughed in harmony as he passed by singing, "Tra-la-la!" in his blithe lightsomeness.
From The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy by Mabel Henriette Spielmann
“Shop” was sternly forbidden as a subject of conversation, and the remotest reference thereto was instantly booed into silence, for behind all the lightsomeness of demeanour a weight of anxiety lay on each heart.
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
This results in that flexibility and lightsomeness of the voice, which is one of the most important features in the telling of the tale.
From A Study of Fairy Tales by Laura F. Kready
