'Lightsome' definitions:

Definition of 'lightsome'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step" [syn: light, lightsome, tripping]
adjective
Carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart" [syn: blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted]

Definition of 'Lightsome'

From: GCIDE
  • Lightsome \Light"some\ (l[imac]t"s[u^]m), a.
  • 1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. [1913 Webster]
  • White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. [1913 Webster]
  • That lightsome affection of joy. --Hooker. -- {Light"some*ly}, adv. -- {Light"some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
  • Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]

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