Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Kindly.
- Gladly; joyfully; gaily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a blithe manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Without
care ,concern , orconsideration . - adverb In a
joyful ,carefree manner. - adverb obsolete In a
kind manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a joyous manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Edited for Addition: Again blithely selling jewelry to a couple of ladies.
Dragon*Con Part 2 sidewinder 2005
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"I'm coming," she called blithely to the scarlet flowers.
Mrs. Red Pepper 1912
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"Forward!" he called blithely and boldly to the officer; while Crates, with loud lamentations, was protesting his innocence to the warrior who was putting fetters upon him.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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"Forward!" he called blithely and boldly to the officer; while Crates, with loud lamentations, was protesting his innocence to the warrior who was putting fetters upon him.
Arachne — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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"Forward!" he called blithely and boldly to the officer; while Crates, with loud lamentations, was protesting his innocence to the warrior who was putting fetters upon him.
Arachne — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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"Forward!" he called blithely and boldly to the officer; while Crates, with loud lamentations, was protesting his innocence to the warrior who was putting fetters upon him.
Arachne — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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"Forward!" he called blithely and boldly to the officer; while Crates, with loud lamentations, was protesting his innocence to the warrior who was putting fetters upon him.
Arachne — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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Recorded "at various concert halls around the globe between 2007-10" as his latest label blithely puts it, he's as inventive and unfailingly swinging here on his 62nd trio album as when he left Miami long ago.
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It wasn’t until much later that I thought to wonder which was me, the beast, who had once drank blithely from the toilet and licked crumbs from the floor, or the tin box at my neck.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Annadoah called blithely and coquettishly after him.
The Eternal Maiden T. Everett Harr��
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"'Oh, we'd try to catch almost anyone unawares,' he said blithely.'"-Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris
May 19, 2011