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Definition of Light-heartedly
1. Adverb. In a light-hearted manner. "He light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of life"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Light-heartedly
Literary usage of Light-heartedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Search-lights on the War by Bernhard Dernburg (1915)
"cept by treaty, knowing that a combination of much stronger Powers threatened
her from all sides, would go wilfully and light-heartedly to fight nearly the ..."
2. The Phonographic Dictionary and Phrase Book by Benn Pitman, Jerome Bird Howard (1901)
"... f light-heartedly i 2\s~J\ fi*.Г (' their life ii one (see that). i the ,/^]i
their ife'-breath ixX > light'-heeled , ' , i theirs r~\ ife'-boat I г ч\, ..."
3. The Letter of the Contract by Basil King (1914)
"If we go in for an institution with qualities of opera bouffe isn't it well to
do it light-heartedly? —or as light-heartedly as we can. ..."
4. New Grub street: A Novel by George Robert Gissing (1891)
"Do you think I take this calamity as light- heartedly as you do, Amy ?' ' I am
far from taking it light-heartedly.' ' Yet you are in good health. ..."
5. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Not every German will light-heartedly, like those diplomats of Pera, face the
shame of having history note that the ..."
6. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"At all events, the amount of spirituality under which the characters in English
novels will fairly reel is borne light- heartedly by Mrs. Freeman's latest ..."
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