lightsome

lightsome
    adj 1: moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light
           and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a
           light tripping step" [syn: {light}, {lightsome},
           {tripping}]
    2: carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her
       blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her
       lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
       [syn: {blithe}, {blithesome}, {lighthearted}, {lightsome},
       {light-hearted}]
    

Lightsome \Light"some\ (l[imac]t"s[u^]m), a.
   1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
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            White walls make rooms more lightsome than black.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
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            That lightsome affection of joy.      --Hooker.
      -- {Light"some*ly}, adv. -- {Light"some*ness}, n.
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            Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well
            as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. --Hawthorne.
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "lightsome":
      airy, blithe, breezy, buoyant, carefree, cheery, chirk, chirpy,
      chirrupy, clear, cloudless, corky, debonair, diaphanous,
      free and easy, insouciant, jaunty, light, lighthearted, lightish,
      lucent, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perky, relucent, resilient,
      serene, sunny, translucent, translucid, transparent, unclouded,
      unobscured