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blithe

adjective/blʌɪð/

C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
LiteraryRegister

Carefree and cheerful, often to the point of heedlessness.

She showed a blithe disregard for the deadlines that terrified everyone else.

Similar: carefree, nonchalant

Origin: Old English blīðe 'joyous, kind'.

Topic: cheerfulness in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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