light-heartedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.17 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"As in Goethe's description of the lighthearted kind of resignation in Poetry and Truth, the end result of light-heartedness is the "blasphemous" implied conclusion that "all is vanity.""
"Why were they travelling unaccompanied? 'We are accompanying each other,' said Asa, 'being mistress and maid.' For this attempt at light-heartedness she received a cold-eyed stare."

From light-hearted + -ness.

light-heartednesses (plural)

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