larky

As our happy-go-lucky chief was out in what may be termed a larky state of mind, and had nothing particular to do, he accepted the invitation.

The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859

That's Robert Wagner, who enjoyed his biggest success on Hart To Hart and It Takes A Thief, this larky series about an urbane jewel thief recruited to steal for the government when they're not free to act.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: "West Side Story" (Almost) Perfect In New BluRay Set Michael Giltz 2011

Samantha Womack, who exited EastEnders after its contentious baby-snatching storyline, is larky in voice and sparky in demeanour but and this can't have been due to her broken toe has a disconcerting habit of swinging her arms up and down as if trying to take off.

One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs – review 2011

Webb's tone throughout Food Britannia is standard-issue larky, with gallant jokes about not asking lady producers their ages and the effect that hard toffee can have on wobbly teeth.

Food Britannia by Andrew Webb – review 2011

A bit larky but not larky enough, I'm afraid, though again Dearden drops in some great tidbits, like the casual approach to a gay member of the team.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Keep Your "Eyes On The Prize" and "Superman" (Not That One) And More Michael Giltz 2011

"Here you'll find larky, quirky things," said Ms. Daniel.

Hot Zones for Antique Buyers Marshall Heyman 2011

A bit larky but not larky enough, I'm afraid, though again Dearden drops in some great tidbits, like the casual approach to a gay member of the team.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Keep Your "Eyes On The Prize" and "Superman" (Not That One) And More Michael Giltz 2011

He appeared in the final Old Vic season (before the new National theatre was ensconced there in 1963), forging a friendship with the actor Vernon Dobtcheff, who remembers "an astringent mentor, an elegant guru and a larky friend" – one who would sail diagonally through the fierce traffic on the Waterloo Road with a cry of: "They wouldn't dare: they couldn't face the litigation."

David William obituary 2010

Based on the Lope de Vega play Fuenteovejuna, about a Spanish village that rises against its tyrannical overlord, the ballet harks back to old peasant ballets from the previous century: cue larky drinking dances, cute lovers and comic village elders that could have come straight out of Coppélia or Don Quixote.

Mikhailovsky Ballet: Laurencia 2010

Others have the larky feel of Maverick, the great comic western starring James Garner.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: I Heart "Firefly" 2010