as in lightness
a lack of seriousness often at an improper time
the teachers disapprove of any displays of levity during school assemblies
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Recent Examples of levity
The gift of a new plane to serve as Air Force One offered a brief moment of levity as President Donald Trump and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa clashed in the Oval Office over political killings and refugees.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 May 2025
In other news: The day’s testimony brought a moment of levity to a courtroom that has lately been defined by graphic testimony and tense legal arguments.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 20 May 2025
Her erratic moods and default to self-destruct impacts all of her relationships as moments of levity erupt into violence and optimism simmers to despair.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 May 2025
This tension between gravity and levity, and a razor-sharp sense of humor, infuses many of her artworks.
—Ariel Fisher, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 May 2025
In other news: The day’s testimony brought a moment of levity to a courtroom that has lately been defined by graphic testimony and tense legal arguments.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 20 May 2025
Her erratic moods and default to self-destruct impacts all of her relationships as moments of levity erupt into violence and optimism simmers to despair.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 May 2025
This tension between gravity and levity, and a razor-sharp sense of humor, infuses many of her artworks.
—Ariel Fisher, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levity
Noun
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However, there’s slightly more lightness to the film than their previous collaborations.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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The best from Bordeaux 2024 will be remembered for lightness, delicacy and aromatic beauty.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Fines and any restriction or suspension of the driver’s license aren’t going to be met with glee by the driver, either.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
30 May 2025
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Some Yankees were upset during the offseason, feeling the Dodgers took too much glee and rubbed it in about the Yankees’ metdown in the fifth inning of Game 5.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Renoir’s film dramatized the end of an era (of high-society frivolities, as war loomed), and so does Anderson’s; namely, the end of the age of buccaneer industrialism.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
29 May 2025
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Yet, for all the frivolities, there are some key differences to consider, chiefly in the domestic schedules.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Levity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levity. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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