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Definition of Light-headedly
1. Adverb. In a giddy light-headed manner. "He walked around dizzily"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Light-headedly
Literary usage of Light-headedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Hindee Language by John Drew Bate (1875)
"... a. int. to mutter, grumble; to chatter nonsense, talk light headedly, rave.
... sleep as in delirium, talking light-headedly, raving; gibberish. ..."
2. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories by Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), Herschel Brickell (1921)
"His hands began to hurry. And the mug, half full of soap. And water. It would
have to be cold water. But after all, he thought (light-headedly), ..."
3. Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain by Henry Rider Haggard (1912)
"A Zulu woman, young and good-looking, was bending over a gourd near the fire,
doing something to its contents. I spoke to her light-headedly. ..."
4. Romance & Tragedy by Prosser Hall Frye (1922)
"He revolves about himself and his own centre more and more dizzily and light-headedly.
Never remarkably continent in the assertion of his own importance ..."
5. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"Germany had been able to keep up the illusion of victory for a while longer when
Roumania, in the late autumn of 1916, dashed gayly and light-headedly into ..."
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