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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
lightsome is an adjective meaning "moving easily and quickly; nimble". It carries 2 recorded senses.
moving easily and quickly; nimble
“the dancer was light and graceful”
“a lightsome buoyant step”
“walked with a light tripping step”
carefree and happy and lighthearted
“was loved for her blithe spirit”
“a merry blithesome nature”
“her lighthearted nature”
“trilling songs with a lightsome heart”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lightsome come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.