She walked lightsomely down the long staircase. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The sun of autumn shone, lying like a benediction upon the land whose fruits were gathered; among the hips and haws in the hedges the birds, their family cares all over, sang lightsomely, with vacant hearts. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The last thing one hears of her, she is tripping up stairs to bed, talking lightsomely or warbling; and one meets her in the morning, the very image of bright morn itself, smiling briskly at you, so that one takes her for a promise of cheerfulness through the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
'Guessed the work was going well; you sing so lightsomely to-day, Grete!. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
Hawthorne said: "Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire as well as dance lightsomely in a gala-dress.". From Wordnik.com. [Customs and Fashions in Old New England] Reference
Roiled core duo laptop this damages myotis to be lightsomely wildcat, as whatnot anaglyphy to thirdhand the incompleteness of the unbearably one. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
The last thing one hears of her, she is tripping up stairs to bed, talking lightsomely or warbling; and one meets her in the morning, the very image of bright morn itself, smiling briskly at you, so that one takes her for. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.] Reference
I shiver and think it time to be disconsolate, but, taking a farewell glance at dead Nature in her shroud, I perceive a flock of snowbirds skimming lightsomely through the tempest and flitting from drift to drift as sportively as swallows in the delightful prime of summer. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Told Tales] Reference
Mrs. Plummet shed real tears when I told her my good news at six o'clock that night; and more tears a fortnight later when I moved out of my little hall bedroom, and my feather-weight trunk, lightsomely balanced on the shoulders of one man, was conveyed to the express-wagon and thence to new lodgings in Irving Place. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Wheel A Novel] Reference
Gray, sullen clouds hang about the sky, or sometimes cover it with a uniform dulness; at other times, the portions towards the sun gleam almost lightsomely; now, there may be an airy glimpse of clear blue sky in a fissure of the clouds; now, the very brightest of sunshine comes out all of a sudden, and gladdens everything. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2.] Reference
Having made sure that the bed on which it rested was firm and moderately dry, he covered the box with a strewing of last year's leaves, cunningly trailed a bramble or two over it, and pursued his way more lightsomely, albeit still under some oppression: for the house stood formidably high, and he feared all converse with women. From Wordnik.com. [Hocken and Hunken] Reference
As lightsomely I glowr'd abroad. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham] Reference
And bugles ringing lightsomely. '. From Wordnik.com. [Marmion] Reference
As lightsomely I glowrd abroad, 10. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Fair] Reference
So lightsomely dropped in thy lordly back. From Wordnik.com. [The Bon Gaultier Ballads] Reference
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