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Recent Examples of lightheartedly
The idea of replacing caddies with animals, lightheartedly suggested by moderator Eben Novy-Williams?
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Paltzik did not confirm the authenticity of the message but still suggested they were made lightheartedly.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Shopkeepers lightheartedly gossip in rich drawling accents, and pickup trucks make up the majority of the vehicles idling at one of the few stoplights in town.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
The show is informed, lightheartedly, by this feeling.
—Brandon Yu, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2020
Of course, Swift’s recent engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was a hot topic, offering a look at what seems to be their playful relationship with one another with Swift lightheartedly poking fun at her now fiancé.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Paltzik did not confirm the authenticity of the message but still suggested they were made lightheartedly.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Shopkeepers lightheartedly gossip in rich drawling accents, and pickup trucks make up the majority of the vehicles idling at one of the few stoplights in town.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
The show is informed, lightheartedly, by this feeling.
—Brandon Yu, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2020
Of course, Swift’s recent engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was a hot topic, offering a look at what seems to be their playful relationship with one another with Swift lightheartedly poking fun at her now fiancé.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightheartedly
Adverb
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By human standard, of course, animals can be unintentionally and surprisingly clumsy, delightfully awkward or laughingly foolish.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Kipnis describes her own mother laughingly recalling a college professor chasing her around a desk and trying to kiss her.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Meanwhile, poor Sol is blithely ignoring Jen’s warning that Sincere seemed to switch up on Melanie awfully quick and that Sincere and Melanie are very in sync.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Carusillo just experienced a media cancellation of sorts, a consequence of blithely recommending a beauty treatment in one of her articles that ended up putting influencers in the hospital.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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From left, stalwart Fast/Furious gun molls Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez, who know their way around all sorts of fancy cars, not to mention firearms, breezily support central good/bad dude Vin Diesel, who’s doing his best professional bowling imitation for the paparazzi.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Not exactly a breezily escapist tale of party-girl antics, this is more of a dystopian novel about the inevitable tech-apocalypse, told through the story of a family on vacation from Brooklyn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Our kitchens are joyfully overrun with colorful heirloom tomatoes, juicy peaches, and of course, sweet corn.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
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This is a story of a community that lived joyfully and out loud, dancing to Spanish verse set to Afro-Caribbean rhythms.—
Rev. José Rodriguez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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There's a joyously wacky energy to this broad comedy on the whole, giving Rudd an interesting arc to play.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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The team joyously celebrated the end of their regular season with a pool party, taco bar and more soccer, a news release stated.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2026
Adverb
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Shine kindly, and others gladly follow your generous, steady lead.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Sweet never even knew about Wasiak’s record until last year, and would gladly drop his pursuit of it for a job in the majors.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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Bond traders have not reacted as exuberantly to the news of the Iran détente as oil traders have.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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What is in tandem here is the exuberantly generative possibility of life itself (SCOBY, water) alongside the very synthetic polymers that are literally wrecking life on an individual and systemic level.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
Adverb
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Following that start, catcher Dalton Rushing giddily described Yamamoto’s brilliance, noting that even the reigning World Series MVP was able to experiment and try out some new sequencing while flexing his dominance.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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In their gowns and bowties, guests giddily slurp mounds of glinting caviar off the back of their hand.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Lightheartedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightheartedly. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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