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light-hearted

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light-hearted
adj
cheerful or carefree in mood or disposition
light-heartedly  adv
light-heartedness  n
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Adj.1.light-hearted - carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

light-hearted
adjective carefree, happy, bright, glad, sunny, cheerful, jolly, merry, upbeat (informal), playful, joyous, joyful, genial, chirpy (informal), jovial, untroubled, gleeful, happy-go-lucky, gay, effervescent, blithe, insouciant, frolicsome, ludic (literary), jocund, blithesome (literary) They were light-hearted and prepared to enjoy life.
low, sad, depressed, gloomy, melancholy, dejected, despondent, morose, heavy-hearted, cheerless
Translations
light-hearted [ˈlaɪtˈhɑːtɪd] ADJdesenfadado, alegre; [remark] → poco serio, dicho en tono festivo
light-hearted [ˈlaɪtˈhɑːtɪd] adj (person, laugh) → spensierato/a, gaio/a; (discussion) → non impegnato/a
light-hearted [ˈlaɪtˈhɑːtɪd] adj (person, laugh) → spensierato/a, gaio/a; (discussion) → non impegnato/a


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It must seem monstrously cruel of me, but I was now quite light-hearted again.
Hosts loved to detain the dry lawyer, when the light-hearted and loose-tongued had already their foot on the threshold; they liked to sit a while in his unobtrusive company, practising for solitude, sobering their minds in the man's rich silence after the expense and strain of gaiety.
As Spring, Mother of many-coloured birth, doth rear The young light-hearted world, so Autumn drains The nectar of the world's maturity.
 
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