He light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of life. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a lighthearted laugh. From Dictionary.com.
Juan C- I hope you took my last post light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Pat Robertson: I’m ‘A Convert’ On Global Warming, ‘It Is Getting Hotter’] Reference
Newspaper editors do not change content light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Europe is Failing] Reference
They worked amidst questionings, and yet light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of the Comet] Reference
“Half time now, boys,” he used to say light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
Sophie asked light-heartedly, grimacing at thevery thought. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress On Demand]
Formal business mail is not to be treated so light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Email etiquette | Linguism] Reference
Why did Rome refuse so light-heartedly the proposals of Vienna?. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Nevertheless, he jingled the change in his pocket light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
Just you consider that before you light-heartedly click that link. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Addictive Tower Defense] Reference
But Cynthia, tripping light-heartedly over the gold and red leaves by. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
A statement at which Deleah among the tea-cups laughed light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
‘Do you think I take this calamity as light-heartedly as you do, Amy?’. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
She couldn't think how it was that the girls joked about them so light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Form at Malory Towers]
But the rabbi returned from seeing Wasserman to his car much less light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry]
Approaching King, he observed, as light-heartedly as the occasion would give cause. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
I don't think I will ever forget that, or experience a virus light-heartedly ever again. From Wordnik.com. [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference
For a while, Ridley walked side by side with So-Peng, speaking easily and light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [The White Ninja]
I accept that it was intended rather light-heartedly but that is no excuse for inaccuracy. From Wordnik.com. [English in the Times] Reference
This statement drew enthusiastic applause and Luyt light-heartedly brushed off the comment. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
She laughed light-heartedly, taking a child-like joy out of this new and thrilling experience. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
But no; the ice they had entered so light-heartedly was not to be so easy to get out of again. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The History of the South Pole] Reference
She refers light-heartedly and with her signature abashed smile to "this adventure of my dotage.". From Wordnik.com. [David Finkle: The Real Tyne Daly Stands Up at Manhattan's Feinstein's at Loews Regency] Reference
What must he have felt as he saw her arranging them so light-heartedly in her pudding-dish that morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Promise] Reference
Neither made allusion to the wonderful change, but they talked more light-heartedly than for a long time. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
The truths of science could seldom be exposed so light-heartedly and in language leavened with balmy humour. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
"Monseigneur would make a poor bargain if he agreed to that!" said my comrade, as we went off light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [For The Admiral] Reference
The child looked at her curiously, but was nothing loth to talk, and went on with her reminiscences light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [The White Cottage Mystery]
I sauntered along the rows, humming light-heartedly, looking at the number plates with half an eye and less attention. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Cert]
The Cherokee lifted off light-heartedly with its easy load and swung round towards the north as it climbed away from base. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wind]
KING: I gather you must have enjoyed comics having fun with this in a light-hearted way if we can look at it light-heartedly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2004] Reference
In the movie, Concerned Youth of America activists crusade light-heartedly against our debt-heavy future wearing prison suits. From Wordnik.com. [John Tepper Marlin: I.O.U.S.A. - Fury at (GOP) Fiscal Fiasco] Reference
Instead I asked, but light-heartedly, as if it were a joke, 'What did Robin say about our "wheels-up" approach to Trox Island?'. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wind]
Nevertheless, he enjoyed his holiday light-heartedly, confident that his two large pictures could not long fail to be appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Neither famine nor disaster ever haunt men who do true justice; but light-heartedly they tend the fields which are all their care. From Wordnik.com. [Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica] Reference
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