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
And the challenge of inhabiting such a dark, gruesome world in a weird roundabout way brought a lot of joy and levity to the set.
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
This is your green light to share, teach, write, or create with levity — all the intensity has prepared you to communicate with both fire and grace.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 5 Oct. 2025
What better way to bring levity to a Minnesota Vikings team spending 10 days in Europe and recovering from a disastrous loss in Dublin than to bounce around the locker room with some questions about travel?
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
If things have felt emotionally heavy lately, August can bring levity and love back into your world.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
This is your green light to share, teach, write, or create with levity — all the intensity has prepared you to communicate with both fire and grace.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 5 Oct. 2025
What better way to bring levity to a Minnesota Vikings team spending 10 days in Europe and recovering from a disastrous loss in Dublin than to bounce around the locker room with some questions about travel?
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
If things have felt emotionally heavy lately, August can bring levity and love back into your world.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levity
Noun
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Yet in others, there’s the lightness of an untouched base.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Hemmerle is known for its sculptural designs fused with technical ingenuity, often using unexpected metals—like copper, bronze, and aluminum—to achieve distinct tones and lightness.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As Milchick, Tillman infused an unnerving cheerfulness into Lumon Industries’ macrodata refinement supervisor, a character who became increasingly central in Season 2.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her vivacious attitude connects her with Aries (Stacey’s actual birthday is April 3) due to her fearlessness and cheerfulness in situations, no matter what is thrown at her.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some hijinks and silliness happen.—
Charles Infosino,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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As Theodore Logan, Keanu Reeves found the perfect vessel for his serene silliness, playing well off Alex Winter’s equally clueless Bill.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There’s no glee in the characters, yet somehow James manages to convey a sense of delirious glee for acting — a glee that proves contagious for the audience by the film‘s end.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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That boyish glee was evident again Monday against Utah.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sending up the no-stakes frivolity of progressive Reform Judaism, characters played by Seth Rogen and Kate Berlant get some insight-free chuckles.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The protagonist’s diabolical plot is fuelled by an unmanageable tangle of emotions, including raging jealousy, mercenary self-interest, and resentment of Eileen’s professional and intellectual accomplishments, which sparks shame at her own cosseted frivolity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Levity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levity. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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