lightsomeness
Example Sentences
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“Shop” was sternly forbidden as a subject of conversation, and the remotest reference thereto was instantly booed into silence, for behind all the lightsomeness of demeanour a weight of anxiety lay on each heart.
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
There was no lightsomeness of spirit in the Mallison household to ease the strain of small duties, or turn a contretemps into a joke.
From Lady Cassandra by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
I will cheer you by my songs, and strive to inspire in others the joy and lightsomeness of heart I feel in my present state.
From The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends by Cornelius Mathews
Carlisle responded to this sensible treatment with what lightsomeness she could muster; but the odd truth was that she hardly listened to Hugo.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
There is about her a certain lightsomeness, a glow or flash almost Latin or oriental, or perhaps Celtic.
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by Jack London
