Sample Sentences forblithe (editor-reviewed)
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She spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation.blithe = carefree and happy
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She was her usual unworried, blithe self.
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He looked so irresistibly pleasant, in a word, that three or four good-humoured fellows said, "Good morning, sir! A merry Christmas to you!" And Scrooge said often afterwards, that of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard, those were the blithest in his ears. (source)
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"I'll find one, never you fear," she said blithely. (source)blithely = in a carefree and happy manner
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His ardor eventually cools, especially since I ignore his passionate glances and pedal blithely on my way. (source)
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One day, as Mollie strolled blithely into the yard, flirting her long tail and chewing at a stalk of hay, Clover took her aside. (source)
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For as poor as I appear, I have friends of my own that will be blithe to help me. (source)blithe = happy
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The nurse went on blithely opening and shutting my drawers, emptying the closet and folding my belongings into the black overnight case. (source)blithely = in a carefree and happy manner -- often unaware of or ignoring something that should be of concern
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The rooks cawed, and blither birds sang; but nothing was so merry or so musical as my own rejoicing heart.† (source)
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Mounting to his attic, attended by Mrs Plornish as interpreter, he found Mr Baptist with no furniture but his bed on the ground, a table, and a chair, carving with the aid of a few simple tools, in the blithest way possible.† (source)
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...and you never see a cabin as blithesome as Jim's was when... (source)blithesome = carefree and happy
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Thereafter at dawning, when day was yet early, The war-craft of Grendel to men grew unhidden, And after his meal was the weeping uphoven, Mickle voice of the morning-tide: there the Prince mighty, The Atheling exceeding good, unblithe he sat, 130 Tholing the heavy woe; thane-sorrow dreed he Since the slot of the loathly wight there they had look'd on, The ghost all accursed.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unblithe means not and reverses the meaning of blithe. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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The least spark would kindle the farmer's swift feelings of rage and jealousy; he would lose his self-mastery as he had this evening; Troy's blitheness might become aggressive; it might take the direction of derision, and Boldwood's anger might then take the direction of revenge.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Suchwise sad-moody moaned in sorrow One after all, unblithely bemoaning By day and by night, till the welling of death Touch'd at his heart.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unblithely means not and reverses the meaning of blithely. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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"Sorry," she said, sounding almost blithe except her voice still shook slightly.† (source)
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And Janos Slynt and Ser Ilyn went ahead blithely and shortened the man without a word from me!† (source)
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