lightheartedness

light·heart·ed

[lahyt-hahr-tid]
adjective
carefree; cheerful; gay: a lighthearted laugh.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English ligt-herted; see light2, heart, -ed3

light·heart·ed·ly, adverb
light·heart·ed·ness, noun


cheery, joyful, blithe, happy, glad, merry, jovial, jocund.


cheerless, melancholy, gloomy.
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lighthearted

adjective
carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart" [syn: blithe
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lightheartedness

noun
the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you [syn: carefreeness
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