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levity

[ lev-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural lev·i·ties.

lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
Synonyms: giddiness, flippancy, triviality, frivolity
an instance or exhibition of this.
Synonyms: giddiness, flippancy, triviality, frivolity
fickleness.
lightness in weight.

levity

/ ˈlɛvɪtɪ /

Origin of levity¹

1555–65; < Latin levitās lightness, frivolity, equivalent to levi ( s ) light + -tās -ty ²

Origin of levity¹

C16: from Latin levitās lightness, from levis light

RAWIYA: Like you, I've been turning to Dave Chappelle for both levity and affirmation.

For a moment of levity, Leo was challenged by David Beckham to do the ALS ice water bucket challenge.

She hopes it retains a genuine realness, “which is what audiences respond to,” alongside its levity.

Were you searching for more levity after making your Abu Ghraib documentary Standard Operating Procedure?

The moments of levity and convincing depravity make the film both entertaining and nauseatingly voyeuristic.

It is difficult to characterize the curious comPg 158bination of levity and seriousness that runs through this tale.

I cannot make out to be anything but raspingly, harrowingly sad; so I will close, and not affect levity which I cannot feel.

And only the supreme levity of innocence could have devised and accomplished this amazing celebration.

It is one of those impossibilities which only the levity of a superficial reason can regard as admissible.

So we merely toned down the levity by leaving old Mr. Browne out of the cast entirely.

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