All 5 Uses of
blithe
in
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- For as poor as I appear, I have friends of my own that will be blithe to help me.
Chpt 3 *blithe = happy
- The other three are gifties that Mrs. Campbell and myself would be blithe of your acceptance.†
Chpt 1
- Wheedling my money from me while I lay half-conscious was scarce better than theft; and yet here he was trudging by my side, without a penny to his name, and by what I could see, quite blithe to sponge upon the money he had driven me to beg.†
Chpt 24
- If ye thought more of others, ye would perhaps speak less about yourself; and when a friend that likes you very well has passed over an offence without a word, you would be blithe to let it lie, instead of making it a stick to break his back with.†
Chpt 24
- I made what change I could in my appearance; and blithe was I to look in the glass and find the beggarman a thing of the past, and David Balfour come to life again.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
carefree and happy -- often unaware of or ignoring something that should be of concern