Words similar to light-hearted
Example sentences for: light-hearted
How can you use “light-hearted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Paul Dickson has every right to approach names in a light-hearted way, but Juliet's question, What's in a name? can be answered in many more intellectually satisfying ways than this.
This slightly enlarged version of Paul Dickson's Names , published by Delacorte Press in 1986, is a light-hearted collection of names that the author considers to be interesting for one reason or another.
And John Gay's greatest but much more light-hearted work was called The Beggar's Opera (1728), singular, not plural.
At the same time, the cavalry officer's sabre, a much-coveted battle trophy, gave rise to the alternative nickname of Long Knives , a sobriquet that combined light-hearted jeering with wary respect.
In the north, where song was subject to Arabian and Persian influences, it varies from dhrupad, meaning austere and without embellishment, to the more florid khyal, India’s version of bel canto, or thumri, the style of light-hearted, tender love songs.