lightheartedly

adverb

light·​heart·​ed·​ly

: in a lighthearted manner

lightheartedly overlooks some of the less noble but basic facts of international life

—S. L. Sharp

sending them out to continue the war that was so lightheartedly entered upon

—C. S. Forester

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