Light-hearted means amusing and not meant to be taken seriously. A light-hearted remark.
It covers comedy and banter and anything offered without weight. A light-hearted comment about something serious is the commonest way of getting it wrong.
1adjectivelight-heartedAmusing and not meant to be taken seriously, as a comedy or a bit of banter is.
“The light-hearted piece was read as an attack.”
light-hearted is a quality.
Middle English
lyght hertyd
English
lighthearted
English, today
light-hearted
Built from
lighthearted comes from Middle English lyght hertyd, liȝt-hertid, from light + herted, hertid (“having a disposition”) (equivalent to light + hearted), from the noun herte. See more at light, heart, -ed.
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