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lightsomeness
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Lightsomeness
(gcide) | Lightsome \Light"some\ (l[imac]t"s[u^]m), a.
1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
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White walls make rooms more lightsome than black.
--Bacon.
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2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
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That lightsome affection of joy. --Hooker.
-- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n.
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Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well
as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. --Hawthorne.
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lightsomeness
(wn) | lightsomeness
n 1: the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
[syn: carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness,
lightsomeness]
2: the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and
nimble [syn: agility, legerity, lightness,
lightsomeness, nimbleness]
3: the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous [syn:
lightsomeness, lightness] |
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Delightsomeness
(gcide) | Delightsome \De*light"some\, a.
Very pleasing; delightful. "Delightsome vigor." --Grew.
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Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord.
--Mal. iii.
12.
-- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n.
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Lightsomeness
(gcide) | Lightsome \Light"some\ (l[imac]t"s[u^]m), a.
1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
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White walls make rooms more lightsome than black.
--Bacon.
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2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
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That lightsome affection of joy. --Hooker.
-- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n.
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Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well
as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. --Hawthorne.
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