adv. Joyously, cheerfully.
1849. F. G. Tomlins, Garcia, IV. iv. 41.
| The breeze bears the silent rack blithefully along | |
| The azure skies, and all is sweetly tranquil. | 
1864. Sala, in Daily Tel., 26 Feb., 5/3. When the senator or the representative receives a ladys card, he sallies out more or less blithefully.