Definitions
a manner lacking seriousness
Word origin
Coined in 1564, from Latin levitās (“lightness, frivolity”), from levis (“lightness (in weight)”). Cognate to lever, and more distantly, light.
Used in a sentence
“An attempt to inject a little levity into the proceedings.”
“Most of the confidences were unsought - frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation or a hostile levity […]”
“[…]it would really seem as if there was something nomadic in our natures, a principle of levity and restlessness […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Lack of seriousness”6 letters
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