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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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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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Only when Will was blithely playing himself to death did his father’s anger emerge.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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The push for super intelligence sits rather blithely next to the beliefs of those tech masters of the universe trying to max out their looks and lifestyle for eternal life.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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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
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The comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang breezily observed on a podcast last month that donating to Crockett is a waste of money.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The stories of people who ate joyfully and in a very inspired way kind of spoke to me the most.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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Her writing process unfolded slowly but joyfully.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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What follows is pure dance, a joyously propulsive, non-stop sequence of duets, trios, ensemble dances.—
Jennifer Homans,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Nikola Jokic will gladly leave any speculation about the Nuggets’ championship capability to the media.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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ARMs may have gotten a bit of a bad rap during the subprime crisis, when mortgage lenders were offering – and borrowers gladly taking – all kinds of exotic loan products.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Yet despite that apparent simplification, the trenches themselves were in line with Lee’s exuberantly experimental creative urges; playful, ingenious, complex, and witty.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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For his part, and most fittingly, Valentino creative director Michele will be planting the exuberantly luxe Valentino standard yet again in Paris, January 26-29, at Valentino’s beloved Haute Couture fashion week.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But for all its twists and turns, Boston and her cast, writers, and directors never let up on the promise of the show’s title and the skin-crawling sensations the pilot’s opening scenes (of Rachel and Nicky’s wedding and its insane, bloody aftermath) giddily pile on.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2026
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Gooding yells giddily, triumphantly jumping and fist-pumping the air.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Lightheartedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightheartedly. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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