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Definition of Lightsomely

1. Adverb. Moving with quick light steps. "She walked lightsomely down the long staircase"

2. Adverb. In a light-hearted manner. "He light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of life"

Definition of Lightsomely

1. Adverb. (archaic) In a lightsome manner. ¹

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Definition of Lightsomely

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lightsomely

lightrooms lights lights, camera, action lights-out lights out lights up lightsaber lightsabers lightsabre lightsabres

lightshift lightshifts lightship lightships lightsome lightsomely (current term) lightsomeness lightsomenesses lightspeed lightspeed lag

lightstick lightsticks lightstruck lightswitch lightswitches lighttight lightvessel lightvessels lightwave lightwaves

Literary usage of Lightsomely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1896)
"... chapel a grey stone crown lightsomely soars above tree and town, lightsomely fronts the Minster towers, lightsomely chimes out the passing hours, ..."

2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Sett. II. And I hae lost my lightsome heart, The Ruined Maid's Lament. LIghtsomely. As lightsomely I ..."

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