light-heartedness

A form of lightheartedness — The state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care.

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Meanings

nounlight-heartedness (countable and uncountable, plural light-heartednesses)

plural light-heartednesses

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of lightheartedness.

    Why were they travelling unaccompanied? 'We are accompanying each other,' said Asa, 'being mistress and maid.' For this attempt at light-heartedness she received a cold-eyed stare.

    2011, Katharine McMahon, Season of Light, →ISBN
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    As in Goethe's description of the lighthearted kind of resignation in Poetry and Truth, the end result of light-heartedness is the "blasphemous" implied conclusion that "all is vanity."

    1993, Julie D. Prandi, "Dare to be Happy!": A Study of Goethe's Ethics, →ISBN, page 187

Origin

From light-hearted + -ness.

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APA

light-heartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light-heartedness

MLA

“light-heartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light-heartedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “light-heartedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light-heartedness.

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