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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Not being burdened by trouble, worry, or care; happy and carefree. See Synonyms at glad1.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad.
  2. adj. Enjoyable lack of seriousness, not grave.

Examples

  • “I told Myra, and we're standing there in lighthearted conversation, leaning against each other like girlfriends, when the cop gets out and walks stiffbacked over to us.”

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  • “He helped the climb pass by engaging in lighthearted conversation, keeping my mental focus away from the heaviness in my legs.”

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  • “Some of those present indulged in lighthearted banter about a few of these cases, asking if anyone really supposed they could lead to war.”

    Louis Renault - Nobel Lecture

  • “Sticking to the mundane and the lighthearted was his way of being protective with the people he loved.”

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  • “They were solid working-class guys who could just take it and remain lighthearted.”

    James McBride discusses Song Yet Sung

  • “He recalled a lighthearted conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in which he noted he was the only member of the court from the West Coast, though there are already three from”

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  • “I won" the election, he told Republicans on Friday when pressed about his tax policy -- a comment both the White House and GOP leaders described as lighthearted, though also matter-of-fact.”

    CNSNews.com Headlines

  • “I won," he said, in what White House press secretary Robert Gibbs described as a lighthearted moment that prompted laughter in the room.”

    Breaking News - The Post Chronicle

  • “I won" the election, he told Republicans on Friday when pressed about his tax policy - a comment both the White House and GOP leaders described as lighthearted, though also matter-of-fact.”

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  • “The new show, which will air on NBC, is described as a lighthearted adventure centering on a madly-in-love husband/wife duo who work together as spies.”

    Approaching Lost

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