lightsomeness
Example Sentences
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Sheep ointment seems to daub the dead-hued sky, And night shuts up the lightsomeness of day, All dark and absent as a corpse's eye.
From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare
Kindelon seemed to muse for a brief space; and any such unconversational mood was rare, as we know, with his mercurial lightsomeness of manner.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
So joyous and merry was he, that the squirrels squeaked and scurried away at sight of him, and the very hyenas laughed in harmony as he passed by singing, "Tra-la-la!" in his blithe lightsomeness.
From The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy by Mabel Henriette Spielmann
The unobtrusive, but distinctly felt, alliteration which runs through it, contributes something toward this lightsomeness.
From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Hiram Corson
It extends beneath the choir transepts and chapter-house; in consequence of the steep declivity on which the cathedral stands it is of unusual height and lightsomeness.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
