blithely

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"Oh," I said, blithely, as I started to walk out the door.

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  • Before the Spring had come and birds sang blithely, a band composed of twenty-five played funeral-dirges at his grave—and little Johann 144 Sebastian was an orphan. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great: Great Musicians, by Elbert Hubbard
  • Reverend Jen has spent nearly 20 years cranking out a lovingly and welcomingly outlandish swath of creative work, from creating and curating the Troll Museum to hosting and organizing Anti-Slams to coining the blithely irreverent term "art star" and launching —  Baltimore City Paper
  • If Norwegians had lived too blithely, the Swedes seemed to Undset to have succumbed to pessimistic delirium, expecting to be crushed between the USSR and the Third Reich, and meanwhile living in a spirit of one's forcing his enjoyment tonight because tomorrow he expects to die. —  The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe
  • But, while these incidents ought not to be treated blithely, they are still exceptional occurrences. —  In The Days
  • In the lead, as a blithely mad scientist plagued by a hussy wife, Vincent Price is just the ticket - bringing just the right mix of arched-eyebrow humor to the role without tipping the coffin over. —  Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Blog
 

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  1. from Middle English blitheliche, blethely, -liche, etc., from Anglo-Saxon blīthelīce (= Old High German blīdlīcho), from blīthe + -līce: see blithe, adjective, and -ly.
 

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