Adverb
lightheartedly (comparative more lightheartedly, superlative most lightheartedly)
In a lighthearted manner, cheerfully, with joy.
Along with the August 27 post, she lightheartedly poked fun at herself by writing in the caption, "Bringing you high fashion since 1988. Source: Internet
Cuomo took the time to address Handler’s attempts to woo him on “The View,” Thursday, lightheartedly responding that he’s “had a lot of conversations about flattening the curve, but never quite that way!” Source: Internet
Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there’s something she hasn’t told Frankie – she’s already had that kind of romance, and it was with Frankie’s older brother, Matt, just before his tragic death one year ago. Source: Internet
I loved the way your poem began so gravely and then closed so lightheartedly. Source: Internet
The term derives from the word "morose", as in "ose, morose, even-more-ose". citation A further variant is "cheeri-ose": ose songs to cheery tunes, or treating such a subject lightheartedly; cf. Tom Lehrer 's (non-filk) "Irish Ballad". Source: Internet
But the purpose behind her father showing the game clip is to handle the crisis lightheartedly. Source: Internet