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Meanings of blitheness in English

A feeling of spontaneous good spirits.

      Usage of blitheness in English
      1
      Mr. Heatherbloom greeted him with a blitheness at variance with his mood.
      A Man and His Money
      2
      Breadth, centrality, with blitheness and repose, are the marks of Hellenic culture.
      The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
      3
      Her charm had always been her freshness, her buoyancy and her blitheness.
      The Visioning: A Novel
      4
      All the blitheness was with Nikolaus; we others could not shake off our depression.
      The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories
      5
      Yet the general atmosphere was one of blitheness, joyous life and gratitude for existence.
      Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 / Little J...
      6
      Her conversation and manners still possess all the blitheness, freshness and vivacity of youth.
      Serious Hours of a Young Lady
      7
      Suddenly the look of almost infantile blitheness left her face.
      The Precipice: A Novel
      8
      In the very "worship of sorrow" the native blitheness of art asserted itself.
      The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
      9
      He knew the cause of the farmer's uncommon blitheness.
      Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
      10
      If such men's blitheness was already waning, what must the outlook be to the lukewarm and refractory!
      Joshua — Volume 2
      11
      Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness, and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment.
      A Pair of Blue Eyes
      12
      Seaman had lost his usual blitheness.
      The Great Impersonation
      13
      New York's blitheness in the face of a pandemic is all the more striking because of other cities' decisiveness.
      NY Magazine
      14
      And mamma, to have had her in all her joyousness and blitheness, with no ill health, and no cares!
      Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering
      15
      Mrs. Poole's stream of talk was intimate and soothing; plenty of good sense, no scandal, and no lack of blitheness.
      Thyrza
      16
      She had planned to be a wife upon an heroic model, and he had wanted mere blitheness, mere feminine allure.
      The Precipice: A Novel
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