Definition of "light-heartedly" []

• In a light-hearted manner; with a light heart.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I have choked on a grain of rice in Libya, while my companions, unaware of the gravity of my plight (or so I tell myself), light-heartedly discussed how Agatha"
• "I would simply not write about my pain that week, and hope that I would somehow grow an ability write light-heartedly and humorously so that I might not be so often an agent for spreading dark and gloom across the internets."
• "This is purple prose, but it commits the worst sin (I mean that light-heartedly) by being both purple and inaccurate."