Light-heartedly (Adverb)
Meaning
In a light-hearted manner; "he light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of life".
Examples
- She smiled light-heartedly and accepted the award despite feeling incredibly nervous about the whole experience.
- His boss teased him light-heartedly about always being late for their team meetings every Monday.
- Although struggling with their assignments, they made light-hearted jokes to take each other's minds off it.
- Sarah teased her sibling light-heartedly for loving movies featuring sci-fi rather than ones set in history.
- On meeting old classmates at their school reunion they joked and laughed together light-heartedly reminiscing on fond memories of high school life.