lightheartedness

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lightheartedness

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From lighthearted (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).

noun lightheartednesses · light-heartedness

uncountable The state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care.
countable An amusement or item of a pleasant but inconsequential nature. I focus on communal descriptive problems—what I call American race talk dilemmas—rather than on all the lightheartednesses and small triumphs of daily life at Columbus.
Similar: amusement

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noun the state of being joyous, cheerful

Español	ligereza

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"lightheartedness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lightheartedness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lightheartedness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lightheartedness

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"lightheartedness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lightheartedness.

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@misc{lightheartedness_2026,
  title = {lightheartedness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lightheartedness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}