blithe
Example Sentences
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On being asked by a pious official if he really knew God’s judgment, he is said to have responded, “He will not refuse one who is so blithe to go to him.”
As Gelman observes, the problem with this approach as policy “is not just the innumeracy, it’s the blithe disregard for it, the idea that being off by multiple orders of magnitude ... just doesn’t matter.”
From Los Angeles Times
In his few conversations with Emily, he’s often blithe, focused more on the inconveniences prison life poses or whether Maisie will remember him than on what his wife and daughter must deal with.
From Los Angeles Times
Even on death row, he retained his aura of blithe unconcern.
From Los Angeles Times
Online, video edits have proliferated of Lively’s more blithe responses to questions about her character.
From BBC
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