Lightsome
[laitsәm]
Definition
(a.) Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
(a.) Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
Checker: Witt
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Luminous, full of light.[2]. Gay, buoyant, lively, cheerful, blithesome, blithe, merry.
Typed by Leona
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CHEERFUL]
Editor: Stephen
Examples
- It was a child singing a merry, lightsome air; there was no other sound. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I declined it of course, with all the courtesy I could put into my manner; she danced off heedless and lightsome. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- All this suited her, like the frank light in her eyes, the rallying smile about her lips, like her shaft-straight carriage and lightsome step. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Stephen