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[ lev-i-tee ] / ˈlɛv ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR levity ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural lev·i·ties.lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness. an instance or exhibition of this. fickleness. lightness in weight. Origin of levity1555–65; <Latin levitās lightness, frivolity, equivalent to levi(s) light + -tās-ty2 SYNONYMS FOR levity1, 2 frivolity, flippancy, triviality, giddiness. SEE SYNONYMS FOR levity ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby levityleviter, Levitical, Leviticus, Levitra, Levittown, levity, Levkas, Levkosia, levo, levobunolol hydrochloride, levocardia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for levityFor a moment of levity, Leo was challenged by David Beckham to do the ALS ice water bucket challenge. Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST She hopes it retains a genuine realness, “which is what audiences respond to,” alongside its levity. Watching Us, Watching Them: On ‘The People’s Couch’|Tim Teeman|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The moments of levity and convincing depravity make the film both entertaining and nauseatingly voyeuristic. Joaquin Phoenix's Gonzo Act|Gina Piccalo|September 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST Like the Porter in Macbeth, his role is to provide a moment of levity in otherwise grim and serious times. Berlusconi Burlesque|Alex Massie|September 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to fighting “the enemy,” there is no time for levity. He's Ba-a-a-ack!|Nicholas Wapshott|December 3, 2008|DAILY BEAST Without this one discordant note all his merriment might have seemed like levity. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens|G. K. Chesterton She hung her head, ashamed of her levity—and next her reflection in an opposite mirror kindled it afresh. Leonore Stubbs|L. B. Walford In these sings he throws off the stage trappings and shows his real attitude-239- towards religion, his indifference and levity. Jamaican Song and Story|Walter Jekyll But we soon passed from levity that was born of nervous exhaustion, to silence, grim and impenetrable. The Secrets of a Kuttite|Edward O. Mousley First, He met with a woman who had in general answered Him with levity; then a few people of her own rank came at her call. The Gospel of St. John|Frederick Denison Maurice
British Dictionary definitions for levity
noun plural -tiesinappropriate lack of seriousness fickleness or instability archaic lightness in weight Word Origin for levityC16: from Latin levitās lightness, from levis light 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 Words related to levitymirth, giddiness, repartee, hilarity, frivolity, festivity, jocularity, flippancy, picnic, buoyancy, triviality, pleasantry, folly, foolishness, wit, happiness, lightheartedness, trifling, absurdity, flightiness |