Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a light-hearted manner; with a light heart.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a light-hearted manner
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Examples
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I would simply not write about my pain that week, and hope that I would somehow grow an ability write light-heartedly and humorously so that I might not be so often an agent for spreading dark and gloom across the internets.
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I have choked on a grain of rice in Libya, while my companions, unaware of the gravity of my plight (or so I tell myself), light-heartedly discussed how Agatha
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This is purple prose, but it commits the worst sin (I mean that light-heartedly) by being both purple and inaccurate.
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I accept that it was intended rather light-heartedly but that is no excuse for inaccuracy.
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Anakin light-heartedly eating bugs while Obi Wan watches in disgust.
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Todd took the joke in stride, light-heartedly remarking that he uses his goatee to "cover up [his] second chin."
Rove Calls Chuck Todd Ugly: You've Got 'A Face For Radio' (VIDEO) 2010
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She refers light-heartedly and with her signature abashed smile to "this adventure of my dotage."
David Finkle: The Real Tyne Daly Stands Up at Manhattan's Feinstein's at Loews Regency 2010
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I accept that it was intended rather light-heartedly but that is no excuse for inaccuracy.
English in the Times 2008
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Todd took the joke in stride, light-heartedly remarking that he uses his goatee to "cover up [his] second chin."
Rove Calls Chuck Todd Ugly: You've Got 'A Face For Radio' (VIDEO) 2010
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I wasn't sure if it was you or me in my email who'd made the M/W slip, so was laughing light-heartedly either way.
Cop some Kiwi crime fiction Peter Rozovsky 2010
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