breezy

Etymology

breeze + -y.

adj

  1. With a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.
  2. (figurative) With a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner.
    It used to be so easy living here with you / You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do / Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool 1971, Carole King, Toni Stern (lyrics and music), “It's Too Late”, in Tapestry, performed by Carole King, Ode Records
    Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment. July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club

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