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  • n  the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you

  • The Priests' lightheartedness and diplomatic skills have already seen them through potentially awkward situations.
  • There was even a lightheartedness to the collection that was inspired by artists painting in their studios.
  • Your Own Thing tosses off Shakespeare's calculated sexual confusions with jaunty lightheartedness.
Quotes

  • Christopher Lawford in USA Today
    In his 2005 best-seller, "Symptoms of Withdrawal," her actor son, Christopher Lawford, wrote of his mother that "her lightheartedness and vibrancy made her my grandfather's favorite."
  • Ivan Lendl in SportingNews.com
    They didn't get to the top of the field in their time -- and most likely top two or three or four all-time -- by not being competitive,Lendl said in a telephone interview. "So, yes, there may be a little lightheartedness, but at the end of...
  • Andrew Fleming in Washington Post
    I found the [Granville] films really entertaining,says Andrew Fleming, director of the new "Nancy Drew." "I liked the fact that there was this lightheartedness to them and this kind of pace. They made some choices in those that surprised...

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