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# lighthearted

«lighthearted» in Mova's school dictionary: **Cheerful and free from worry** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (lighthearted / light-hearted; more lighthearted, most lighthearted)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cheerful and free from worry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#m1)

2) Not serious; meant to be fun: «a lighthearted film». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories for happy moods and in everyday talk for jokes, shows and articles that are not serious. At school, a lighthearted quiz is just for fun. The Wind in the Willows begins with the Mole running off lighthearted on a spring day.

### examples

- The Mole felt lighthearted as he ran across the meadow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#x1)
- We watched a lighthearted comedy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#x2)
- It was just a lighthearted joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#x3)
- The end of term felt lighthearted and happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#x4)
- Her lighthearted laugh filled the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#x5)
- The newspaper had a lighthearted story about a dog on a skateboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#x6)
- ‘How lighthearted I feel,’ said the father, ‘so pleased and cheerful.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/#x7)

### note

Spelling: light-hearted (UK, often hyphenated) or lighthearted (US). Adverb: lightheartedly. Opposite: heavy-hearted, serious.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lighthearted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.