lightsomeness

Example Sentences

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As I have said, the key of the color-scheme has a direct emotional effect, so adding to the power and dignity or the grace and lightsomeness of the composition.

From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh

The footsteps above were distinguishable, though it was manifest that they moved with lightsomeness and circumspection.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

“Looks like you were interested in His Resplendent Majesty,” Fra Diavolo began with weighty lightsomeness.

From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)

This results in that flexibility and lightsomeness of the voice, which is one of the most important features in the telling of the tale.

From A Study of Fairy Tales by Kready, Laura F.

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 Spielmann, Mabel Henriette