Blithe
Blithe adjective - Having or showing a good mood or disposition.
Usage example: a blithe, obedient child
Gay is a synonym for blithe in happy topic. In some cases you can use "Gay" instead an adjective "Blithe", when it comes to topics like feeling, characteristic, lively, spirited. dated substitute
Gay
Gay adjective - Having or showing freedom from worries or trouble.
Usage example: a gay, thoughtless girl who didn't care whether her work was done or not
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Patience has the title character, the only one of the maidens not to be swooning over Bunthorne, declare her ignorance of love: "For I am blithe and I am gay." Less reverential productions have the other maidens echo her line with a sneer: "For she is blithe and gay."
Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Theatre - Everyone was blithe and gay at her mother's wedding day!
Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Theatre - Prior: "Gay homosexual, not bonny, blithe and... never mind."
Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Theatre
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