lightsome
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Adjective (2)
- moving easily and quickly; nimble“the dancer was light and graceful”“a lightsome buoyant step”“walked with a light tripping step”Synonyms: lighttrippingOpposite heavy-footedSimilar light-footed
- carefree and happy and lighthearted“was loved for her blithe spirit”“a merry blithesome nature”“her lighthearted nature”“trilling songs with a lightsome heart”Synonyms: blitheblithesomelightheartedlight-heartedOpposite cheerlessSimilar cheerful
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Light′some (līt′sŭm), adjective
1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
White walls make rooms more lightsome than black.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
That lightsome affection of joy.— Richard Hooker
— Light′wb-a1′>′some·ly, adverb — Light′wb-a1′>′some·ness, noun
Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance lightsomely in a gala dress.— Nathaniel Hawthorne
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54