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be lighthearted
adjective
Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad.
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Sometimes you can be lighthearted.
"With both I like to be lighthearted".
But there's no reason a Thanksgiving table can't be lighthearted.
"I try to be lighthearted about it, because I don't ever want to be scared.
Humour – enjoy yourself during conversations, smile and where appropriate, be lighthearted.
"He tried to be lighthearted; he made jokes, like always," Torre said.
Still, how can workouts be lighthearted when the point is to make quantifiable strides?
The game was supposed to be lighthearted, but Juliet, behind the window, watched it with disgust.
In the old days of photography, it took money to be able to be lighthearted about the photos you were having taken.
But can you be lighthearted about a scandal that included the phone-hacking of the parents of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler?
Richards later issued an apology for "any negativity" toward FIFA and UEFA while insisting his comments were "intended to be lighthearted".
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