Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: blithe
IPA transcription: [bl'aɪð]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blithe
    Meaning: lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation"
  • Synonyms: blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted
    Meaning: carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
Usage examples
  • Of That Blithe Throat of Thine
  • Yetive sat back and marvelled at the manner in which this blithe young American cast out the "blue devils."
  • He took the wager, knowing that he, in his ignorance, could not win from the blithe young expert in petticoats.
  • 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.
  • Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace; Wednesday's child is merry and glad, Thursday's child is sorry and sad; Friday's child is loving and giving; Saturday's child must work for its living; While the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is blithe and bonny and good and gay.