Англо-русский синонимический словарь. 2014.
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lightsome — lightsome1 [līt′səm] adj. [ME lihtsum: see LIGHT2 & SOME1] 1. nimble, buoyant, graceful, or lively 2. lighthearted; cheerful or merry 3. not serious; frivolous lightsome2 [līt′səm] … English World dictionary
lightsome — adjective /ˈlʌɪtsəm/ a) Having light; luminous, radiant. There came a day when he remembered the moment, when he regretted that he had not ridden off into the buoyant midst of these lightsome elements. b) Upbeat, cheery … Wiktionary
lightsome — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. free from care ; lighthearted 2. airy, nimble • lightsomely adverb • lightsomeness noun II. adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
lightsome — lightsome1 lightsomely, adv. lightsomeness, n. /luyt seuhm/, adj. 1. light, esp. in form, appearance, or movement; airy; buoyant; agile; nimble; graceful. 2. cheerful; gay; lighthearted. 3. frivolous; changeable. [1350 1400; ME lyghtesum (c. MHG… … Universalium
lightsome — Synonyms and related words: 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
lightsome — adj. agile, quick; airy; cheerful; frivolous; providing light; full of light … English contemporary dictionary
lightsome — adjective chiefly literary 1》 carefree. 2》 gracefully nimble. Derivatives lightsomely adverb lightsomeness noun … English new terms dictionary
lightsome — a. 1. Luminous, full of light. 2. Gay, buoyant, lively, cheerful, blithesome, blithe, merry. See light hearted … New dictionary of synonyms
lightsome — I adj 1. airy, immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless, light, weightless, vaporous, vapory; visionary, phantasmal, chimeral, ethereal, otherworldly, dreamlike; feathery, fluffy, gossamery, gossamer, light as a feather; Ariel like; buoyant, resilient,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lightsome — light·some … English syllables
