adv. Joyously, cheerfully.

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1849.  F. G. Tomlins, Garcia, IV. iv. 41.

        The breeze bears the silent rack blithefully along
The azure skies, and all is sweetly tranquil.

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1864.  Sala, in Daily Tel., 26 Feb., 5/3. When the senator or the representative receives a lady’s card, he sallies out more or less blithefully.

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