blithesome

• The name itself is somewhat satirical, for Hawthorne did not find the life at Brook Farm very blithesome, and in the story, with the exception of the sylvan masquerade, there is much more rue than heart's-ease, as commonly happens in his stories. —  The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Among the number was a blithesome, rosy-cheeked damsel, buoyant with the chains of youth, who particularly attracted young Forney's attention. —  Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical
• It has an untamed, blithesome, healthy ring with it; harmonises well with the common instincts and the broad, common intuitions of common life; can't hurt a prince, and will improve a peasant; won't teach a king wrong things; is sure to infuse happiness amongst men of humbler mould. —  Our Churches and Chapels
• It cost Lilly a pang for Zoe to miss the two days of school and a vocal, a French, and a piano lesson, but the theater attracted Zoe like the blithesome little moth she was. —  Star-Dust
• Happy and blithesome, the Farmers were, at heart, earnestly devoted to purposes held sacred. —  My Friends at Brook Farm

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