levity
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈlɛvɪti/
:
ligereza
- During the meeting, her light-hearted comments provided some much-needed levity.
- moment of levity
- little levity
- inject some levity
Those who've supplanted languish with levity, with hope, with joy.
- Those who've supplanted languish with levity, with hope, with joy.
- I mean, there are a lot of, you know, moments of levity for sure, right.
- She's all, obviously she's injecting a little bit of levity because it's so heavy, right?
- So he went in that moment, there was this levity.
- Almost all serious people cultivate an expedient levity, right?
- I was able to look back on some of these experiences and, and, and find also some, some some moments of levity there.
- But I think this is a bit of a, more of a difficult, a difficult topic, but I'll try to add some levity to it.
- And he says this is a proposition that expresses levity, right?
- Such such a topic full of levity.
Examples
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That's why we love that IMPACT Branding consistently adds some levity to their social channels.
Blog text (1) -
The comedian's jokes added a touch of levity to the otherwise serious discussion.
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I think there was a bit of levity that came out of that.
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A little levity here, you know.
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It's been the only levity during the pandemic.
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The guy who wrote this used a little levity to give normal people a good laugh.
Blog text (18) -
An appreciation for levity is among the most important tools in the box.
Blog text (32) -
Student responses to these questions may well inject some levity into a session that could otherwise be heavy.
Academic text (2013) -
"Then, hoping a little levity might relieve the situation, I added, "The tooth is mine."
Fiction book (2002) -
Okay, that's an interesting joke, but I appreciate levity in a moment of misunderstanding, so thank you, Greg.
Synonyms
457
3.9
Teasing in a playful way that is not serious
29
2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
13
1.7
A cheerful, pleasant mood that makes people feel relaxed
1
8.4
A remark or action that shows little respect for serious matters
1
8.0
A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people laugh
1
8.6
A short funny remark or action that makes people smile
1
5.3
Jokes said in a serious, calm voice so they sound like real statements
1
6.0
A cheerful, friendly mood that makes people feel good
1
2.7
A thing that makes people laugh
1
7.8
A habit of making playful jokes about serious things
1
7.4
A quality that makes people laugh
1
7.2
A quiet, slightly mocking kind of humor
A lack of seriousness when people expect it
Playful friendly talk that makes people laugh without hurting anyone
To joke and be playful in a friendly way that makes people smile
Being funny in a way that makes people laugh
Being amusing in a slightly odd and unexpected way
The quality of being very funny and making people laugh a lot
Antonyms
How Lighthearted
Surface Forms
Morphology
levity = lev + ity
The noun is formed with the productive suffix '-ity', but the stem 'lev-' is not a standalone English word and its meaning ('lightness' in an abstract sense) is not transparently recoverable by an average learner.
Etymology
Levity comes from the Latin word levis, which means 'light' or 'not heavy'. You can see the same root in levitate, so a good way to remember levity is to think of making a mood 'lighter', which means being playful or not serious when things feel heavy.