lightsomeness

Other forms of lightsomeness

plural

lightsomenesses·

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.

Questions about lightsomeness

What does lightsomeness mean?

lightsomeness means "the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lightsomeness?

lightsomeness has 4 syllables: light-so-me-ness. The stress falls on "so".

What is another word for lightsomeness?

Close synonyms include carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, agility, legerity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lightsomeness a common word?

lightsomeness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.