lightheartedly

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Lightheartedly, they set out for the summit, 3,000 ft. above, planning to come down before nightfall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lightheartedly she rebuked Myrtle Morris, who asked her whether she was expecting "a boy"; and she laughed as Myrtle went off to tell another girl that "Causton 292 was on the warpath."

From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Lightheartedly they consented to stay the night, in the hope of seeing Hugh, to deliver their message about the weaners—they seemed to have satisfactorily arranged the question of mustering.

From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

Lightheartedly, for the benefit of anybody who cared to listen, he expressed his unmeasured criticism of French artists: and so he made many enemies.

From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Cannan, Gilbert

Lightheartedly they stepped over to the slidewalk and were back on their way to the secret project.

From Sabotage in Space by Glanzman, Louis