lighthearted

[ lahyt-hahr-tid ]

/ ˈlaɪtˈhɑr tɪd /

carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.

Origin of lighthearted

1375–1425; late Middle English ligt-herted; see light², heart, -ed³

cheery, joyful, blithe, happy, glad, merry, jovial, jocund.

cheerless, melancholy, gloomy.

light·heart·ed·ly, adverb light·heart·ed·ness, noun

But not all the communications from friends and associates were as lighthearted.

Rebels Rise Again Over Flag Banning |Robert Khayat |July 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It is, in a way, a lighthearted routine with a dark subtext: many of those gathered are accustomed to failure at auditions.

The Most Depressing Show on Earth: Amongst the Clowns of Newark |Lizzie Crocker |March 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Even from the whimsical and lighthearted conversation in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

What Is Michel Gondry Doing With Noam Chomsky? |Jimmy So |November 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
This portrait of a beautiful, lighthearted child was key to representing the idyllic Ralph Lauren lifestyle.

Ralph Lauren Child Model, From Roadside to Runway |Claire Stern |May 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

He says that Donatella Versace—who shares a buoyant, lighthearted relationship with the designer—challenged him.

Donatella Versace Debuts a Reenvisioned Versus With J.W. Anderson |Misty White Sidell |May 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She always ended by feeling very young, and, somehow, gloriously carefree and lighthearted.

Fanny Herself |Edna Ferber
"I'm not strong at my spelling, I know," he said, with his lighthearted laugh.

Armadale |Wilkie Collins
She felt so lighthearted she wanted to do something for everyone, to make all feel as happy as she did herself.

Anxious Audrey |Mabel Quiller-Couch
The lighthearted Chansons de Nonnes, whose theme is the nun unwillingly professed, had a real basis in fact.

Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 |Eileen Edna Power
Certainly fish were not too plentiful, but the aboriginal crew worked well, and were lighthearted almost to a fault.

Tropic Days |E. J. Banfield