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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.

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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?