'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]
Synonyms of 'lightsome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airy,
- blithe,
- breezy,
- buoyant,
- carefree,
- cheery,
- chirk,
- chirpy,
- chirrupy,
- clear,
- cloudless,
- corky,
- debonair,
- diaphanous,
- free and easy,
- insouciant,
- jaunty,
- light,
- lighthearted,
- lightish,
- lucent,
- lucid,
- luculent,
- pellucid,
- perky,
- relucent,
- resilient,
- serene,
- sunny,
- translucent,
- translucid,
- transparent,
- unclouded,
- unobscured