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levity

[ lev-i-tee ]

noun

, plural lev·i·ties.
  1. lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.

    Synonyms: giddiness, flippancy, triviality, frivolity

  2. an instance or exhibition of this.

    Synonyms: giddiness, flippancy, triviality, frivolity

  3. lightness in weight.


levity

/ ˈlɛvɪtɪ /

noun

  1. inappropriate lack of seriousness
  2. fickleness or instability
  3. archaic.
    lightness in weight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of levity1

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

Origin of levity1

C16: from Latin levitās lightness, from levis light
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Example Sentences

In any of my projects, I think if something is really deep or dramatic, I always try to make sure I find the levity in it.

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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.

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

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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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