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carefree cheerfulness or lighthearted indifference
His blitheness in the face of danger unnerved them.
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· carefree cheerfulness or...
cheerfulnessgaietylightheartednessjovialitycarelessnessmerrimentnonchalance
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From blithe + -ness; blithe descends from Old English blīþe ('joyful, gentle'), from Proto-Germanic *blīþaz.
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