lightheartedness

See also: light-heartedness

English

Alternative forms

• light-heartedness

Etymology

From lighthearted (adjective) (any sense) +‎ -ness (suffix forming nouns).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lītʹhär't(ĭ)d-nĕs
• Hyphenation: light‧heart‧ed‧ness

Noun

lightheartedness (countable and uncountable, plural lightheartednesses)

1. (uncountable) The state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care.
2. (countable) An amusement or item of a pleasant but inconsequential nature.
   • 2009, Mica Pollock, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School, →ISBN, page x:

     I focus on communal descriptive problems—what I call American race talk dilemmas—rather than on all the lightheartednesses and small triumphs of daily life at Columbus.

Synonyms

• (property of being lighthearted) joyousness, cheerfulness, carefreedom, carefreeness, playfulness
• (an amusement) amusement, pleasantry

Related terms

• lightheartedly (adverb)

Translations

the state of being joyous, cheerful

• Maori: hiwa