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light·some 1

 (līt′səm)
adj.
1. Providing light; luminous.
2. Covered with or full of light; bright.
light′some·ly adv.
light′some·ness n.

light·some 2

 (līt′səm)
adj.
1. Light, nimble, or graceful in movement.
2. Free from worry or care; cheerful.
3. Frivolous; silly.
light′some·ly adv.
light′some·ness n.
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lightsome

(ˈlaɪtsəm)
adj
1. lighthearted
2. airy or buoyant
3. not serious; frivolous
ˈlightsomely adv
ˈlightsomeness n

lightsome

(ˈlaɪtsəm)
adj
1. producing or reflecting light
2. full of or flooded with light
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light•some1

(ˈlaɪt səm)

adj.
1. light, esp. in form, appearance, or movement; airy; buoyant; agile.
2. cheerful; gay; lighthearted.
3. frivolous; changeable.
[1350–1400; Middle English lyghtesum (c. Middle High German līhtsam). See light2, -some1]
light′some•ly, adv.
light′some•ness, n.

light•some2

(ˈlaɪt səm)

adj.
1. emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
2. well-lighted; illuminated; bright.
[1400–50; late Middle English lyghtesum. See light1, -some1]
light′some•ly, adv.
light′some•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.lightsome - moving easily and quicklylightsome - moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"
tripping, light
light-footed - (of movement) having a light and springy step; "a light-footed girl"
2.lightsome - carefree and happy and lightheartedlightsome - carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
blithesome, lighthearted, light-hearted, blithe
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"
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We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work, upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work, upon a lightsome ground: judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart, by the pleasure of the eye.
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Indeed, there was too lightsome a tone of flippancy all through the paper.
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Well, as I advanced, it seemed to me the stair grew airier and a thought more lightsome; and I was wondering what might be the cause of this change, when a second blink of the summer lightning came and went.
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I have never forgotten them or his quiet smile, but have seen them every day, side by side with those of my own dear children, dead and gone since I was a lightsome young creature.' Running on thus, and now holding Oliver from her to mark how he had grown, now clasping him to her and passing her fingers fondly through his hair, the good soul laughed and wept upon his neck by turns.
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She had gone singing through the dim rooms, and moving with gay and lightsome step among their dusty treasures, making them older by her young life, and sterner and more grim by her gay and cheerful presence.
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On the contrary, there was no other man in the city, we are bold to affirm, of so much as half his years, who enjoyed so many lightsome and griefless moments as himself.
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In the great stone fireplace a log fire was spurting and crackling, throwing out a ruddy glare which, with the four bracket-lamps which stood at each corner of the room, gave a bright and lightsome air to the whole apartment.
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What if we tell you that a poor unfortunate boy: a child in everything but never having known one of those tender endearments, or one of those lightsome hours which make our childhood a time to be remembered like a happy dream through all our after life: a warm-hearted, harmless, affectionate creature, who never offended you, or did you wrong, but on whom you have vented the malice and hatred you have conceived for your nephew, and whom you have made an instrument for wreaking your bad passions upon him: what if we tell you that, sinking under your persecution, sir, and the misery and ill-usage of a life short in years but long in suffering, this poor creature has gone to tell his sad tale where, for your part in it, you must surely answer?'
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His drawing-rooms were the prettiest, little, modest salons conceivable: they were decorated with the greatest taste, and a thousand knick- knacks from Paris, by Rebecca: and when she sat at her piano trilling songs with a lightsome heart, the stranger voted himself in a little paradise of domestic comfort and agreed that, if the husband was rather stupid, the wife was charming, and the dinners the pleasantest in the world.
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