Blither
to talk foolishly; blather:
He’s blithering about some problem of his.
joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful:
Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
without thought or regard; carefree; heedless:
a blithe indifference to anyone’s feelings.
Historical Examples
Tess of the d’Urbervilles Thomas Hardy
The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer
Carnac’s Folly, Complete Gilbert Parker
The Entail John Galt
‘Laramie;’ Charles King
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 Elbert Hubbard
A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite’s Life. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Canute the Great Laurence Marcellus Larson
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 Robert Louis Stevenson
Strife and Peace Fredrika Bremer
adjective
very happy or cheerful
heedless; casual and indifferent
v.
adj.
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