The Collaborative International Dictionary
Light-heartedly
Light-hearted \Light"-heart`ed\ (l[imac]t"h[aum]rt`[e^]d), a. Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry. -- Light"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Light"-heart`ed*ness, n.
WordNet
light-heartedly
adv. in a light-hearted manner; "he light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of life" [syn: lightsomely]
Usage examples of "light-heartedly".
I reckon Dhaulagiri on that afternoon would have light-heartedly jumped off a cliff if I’d asked him.
How could she, she asked us almost light-heartedly, be aggrieved at her own mistreatment -- which albeit hurtsome had not been fatal, after all -- when in addition to sparing others the same or worse, it had so plainly done its doer a campus of good?