Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a light heart; free from grief or anxiety; cheerful.
- Synonyms Gladsome, joyous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative spelling of
lighthearted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective carefree and happy and lighthearted
- adjective carefree and happy and lighthearted
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Examples
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We concluded the ad took a light-hearted and comical approach to its portrayal of 'traditional' gender stereotypes, and was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence.
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We felt the ad was surreal and light-hearted in tone and was unlikely to encourage or condone cruelty to animals or cause serious or widespread offence.
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Good, light-hearted fun about a depressing response to a depressing subject.
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The ASA said the ad, which was accused of being offensive to blind people and encouraging animal cruelty, was "surreal and light-hearted".
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The most striking thing about Weingarten's adaptation of the Bill of Rights isn't the rhyme scheme or meter: it's the extent to which his light-hearted cover version reflects an appreciation of the Bill's true purpose that seems to far exceed that of the ruling elite in this country including, sadly, the Supreme Court itself.
Bob McNamara: Gene Weingarten Revives America's Civic Religion Bob McNamara 2011
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The trailers gave me the impression it would be a light-hearted superhero spoof.
"I see the walls, and see them fall." greygirlbeast 2010
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A second, more light-hearted book followed, about post-Soviet Russias illegal caviar trade, once Id got homesick for London and moved back to writer leaders on foreign affairs for The Times.
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This time there was less of the light-hearted banter that had marked earlier appearances: this was a serious President Obama answering questions about the deaths of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Muammar Gaddafi.
Occupy Wall Street protests the result of 'frustration,' Obama tells Jay Leno 2011
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The trailers gave me the impression it would be a light-hearted superhero spoof.
"I see the walls, and see them fall." greygirlbeast 2010
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Some of the president's remarks were intentionally light-hearted, and others perhaps not so..
President Obama talks about the influence of art and words 2011
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