good-humoredness

noun

as in brightness

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  1. brightness
  2. buoyancy
  3. revelry
  4. playfulness
  5. jollity
  6. lightheartedness
  7. reveling
  8. insouciance
Noun
  • The screen has ample brightness for sunlit rooms and reasonably vibrant colors.
    — Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The new MacBook Pro’s PROLED XDR touch display is a tandem OLED panel with up to 2,000 nits of brightness and a 120Hz refresh rate.
    — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • Balancing weight and buoyancy Hydrostatic balance presents a particularly demanding engineering problem for submarine designers.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • While recent headlines around the state of the UK art market have typically painted a gloomy picture, on the ground, a palpable buoyancy — or make-do optimism, even — can be felt.
    — Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of buoyancy
Noun
  • Still, between the singing, dancing, and early morning revelry, a low hum of sadness accompanied me.
    — Chanté Joseph, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Here are five things that stood out from a night of bluster and revelry in Park City.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of revelry
Noun
  • Wang said Pop Mart’s task today is not only to sell a collectible but to preserve a sense of playfulness that people can carry into adult life.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • When Hermès started in 1978, there was a clear ambition—to be as good as its competitors in technique but be different in creativity, materials and playfulness.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of playfulness
Noun
  • But the rollicking jollity that accompanies the final two acts, which includes the entrance of pirates and the abduction of Marina to a brothel, robs the ending of some of its pathos.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of jollity
Noun
  • Often derided by critics during its initial airing, the show’s silliness and lightheartedness has continued to stand the test of time.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That lightheartedness quickly evolved into the NFL’s biggest off-field competition.
    — Karla Cote, Variety, 15 May 2026
Definition of lightheartedness
Noun
  • Especially watching Curtis reveling playing a teen again.
    — Katie Grant, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of reveling
Noun
  • Five years earlier my brother had gotten married, leaving me home alone without the buffers of his distracted affection, his big brotherly insouciance, his rebellious indifference to the emotional chasm widening between our parents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the years since, she’s built a cult following for her whimsical knits in distinctive shades and cut with a certain SoCal insouciance.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of insouciance
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