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Levity

Levity Meaning & Definition
Levity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Levity?

[n] lightness of manner
[n] feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness

Synonyms | Synonyms for Levity:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Levity: absentmindedness | absurdity | airiness | amusement | ascent | banter | big deal | booing | bounce | breeziness | bubbliness | buoyancy | carefreeness | carelessness | catcalling | chaffing | changeableness | chirpiness | coquettishness | daintiness | debonairness | delicacy | derision | disregard | disregardfulness | distraction | downiness | emptiness | ethereality | facetiousness | faddishness | faddism | fickleness | fleering | flightiness | flimsiness | flippancy | floatability | fluffiness | foaminess | folly | fooling | foolishness | frivolity | frivolousness | frothiness | fun | futility | gentleness | giddiness | glee | gleefulness | gossameriness | grinning | heedlessness | high glee | hilariousness | hilarity | hissing | hooting | idleness | inadvertence | inadvertency | inanity | inattention | inattentiveness | inconsideration | inconstancy | incuriosity | indifference | inobservance | jauntiness | jeering | jocularity | jocundity | jolliness | jollity | joshing | joviality | joy | joyfulness | joyousness | lack of weight | laughter | leering | levitation | light heart | lightheartedness | lightmindedness | lightness | lightsomeness | mercuriality | mercurialness | merriment | merriness | mirth | mirthfulness | mockery | negligence | nonobservance | nugacity | obliviousness | panning | perkiness | pertness | playfulness | prankishness | pranksomeness | ragging | raillery | rallying | razzing | regardlessness | resilience | ridicule | roasting | roguishness | scoffing | shallowness | silliness | skittishness | slenderness | slightness | smart-aleckiness | smartness | smirking | sneering | snickering | sniggering | snorting | softness | sportiveness | superficiality | taunting | tenderness | thoughtlessness | trickery | trickiness | triflingness | triteness | triviality | trivialization | trivialness | twitting | unalertness | unawareness | unconsciousness | undependability | unheaviness | unheedfulness | unintentiveness | unmindfulness | unobservance | unpredictability | unreliability | unwariness | unwatchfulness | vacuity | vanity | vapidity | volatility | waggery | waggishness | weightlessness | yeastiness

See Also | feeling | flippancy | frivolity | frivolousness | gaiety | humorousness | jocoseness | jocosity | light-mindedness | merriness | playfulness

Levity In Webster's Dictionary

\Lev"i*ty\ (l[e^]v"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. levitas, fr. levis light in weight; akin to levare to raise. See {Lever}, n.] 1. The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to {gravity}. He gave the form of levity to that which ascended; to that which descended, the form of gravity. --Sir. W. Raleigh. This bubble by reason of its comparative levity to the fluidity that incloses it, would ascend to the top. --Bentley. 2. Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity. `` A spirit of levity and libertinism.'' --Atterbury. He never employed his omnipotence out of levity. --Calamy. 3. Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility. The levity that is fatigued and disgusted with everything of which it is in possession. --Burke. Syn: Inconstancy; thoughtlessness; unsteadiness; inconsideration; volatility; flightiness. Usage: {Levity}, {Volatility}, {Flightiness}. All these words relate to outward conduct. Levity springs from a lightness of mind which produces a disregard of the proprieties of time and place.Volatility is a degree of levity which causes the thoughts to fly from one object to another, without resting on any for a moment. Flightiness is volatility carried to an extreme which often betrays its subject into gross impropriety or weakness. Levity of deportment, of conduct, of remark; volatility of temper, of spirits; flightiness of mind or disposition.

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