light-hearted

comparative more light-hearted · comparative lighter-hearted · superlative most light-hearted · superlative lightest-hearted

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of lighthearted.

   Even the lightest-hearted of the nominees bears the shadow of suspense.

   2020 January 31, Michael Ordoña, “Oscar-nominated live-action shorts: Tragedies, near-tragedies and soccer-loving kids”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2020

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   Musicals are lighter-hearted than operas – West Side Story, for example, has a very sad ending, but it also has America and Gee, Officer Krupke.

   2011 May 3, “Notes and queries”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2016

   And I didn’t think I would ever write things like infanticide, which you see in Morrison’s novels. I thought I was writing away from that to something lighter-hearted, but I kept getting pulled back.

   2018 April 15, John Williams, quoting Nafissa Thompson-Spires, “Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Disarming Humor in ‘Heads of the Colored People’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2018