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LIGHTSOMENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lightsomeness mean? 

LIGHTSOMENESS (noun)
  The noun LIGHTSOMENESS has 3 senses:

1. the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling youplay

2. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimbleplay

3. the trait of being lighthearted and frivolousplay

  Familiarity information: LIGHTSOMENESS used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIGHTSOMENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

carefreeness; insouciance; lightheartedness; lightsomeness

Hypernyms ("lightsomeness" is a kind of...):

blitheness; cheerfulness (a feeling of spontaneous good spirits)

Derivation:

lightsome (carefree and happy and lighthearted)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

agility; legerity; lightness; lightsomeness; nimbleness

Hypernyms ("lightsomeness" is a kind of...):

gracefulness (beautiful carriage)

Derivation:

lightsome (moving easily and quickly; nimble)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The trait of being lighthearted and frivolous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

lightness; lightsomeness

Hypernyms ("lightsomeness" is a kind of...):

giddiness; silliness (an impulsive scatterbrained manner)


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