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Word entry · 6 letters

levity

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"Lack of seriousness"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛ.vɪ.ti/Part of speech nounSorted eiltvyStarts with LEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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 […]

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