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 Times caught up with Snow and Wayans to talk about the film, vulnerability, Black men’s health, and finding levity through the pain.
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Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
As the snowcrete melts and the cherry blossoms start to peek out from Tidal Basin branches, dare to allow yourself a moment of communal levity.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2026
His levity helps me out quite a bit.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Burnt out from his demanding career in advertising, Dunwoody resident Billy Kramer brought some levity to his weekly travels by embarking on a quest to find the country’s best burger.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
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Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
As the snowcrete melts and the cherry blossoms start to peek out from Tidal Basin branches, dare to allow yourself a moment of communal levity.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2026
His levity helps me out quite a bit.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Burnt out from his demanding career in advertising, Dunwoody resident Billy Kramer brought some levity to his weekly travels by embarking on a quest to find the country’s best burger.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levity
Noun
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But both play with a little breathing room between the gems, giving these designs a distinct sense of modernism and lightness.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
1 Mar. 2026
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Maybe reaching patriotic Judeo-Christian nirvana should feel like the unbearable lightness of an emptied mind.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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His cheerfulness and laughter often brought strength and refreshment to me in difficult times.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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Raines replied, her usual cheerfulness stepping up a notch.—
Rebecca Boone,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Facts about elephant seals—a bull’s responsibility to impregnate his harem of females, birthing and nursing—though presented scientifically, put the children in a state of wild glee that a thousand-year-old redwood tree or a century-old lighthouse could not induce.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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His six year old cousin opened the door and broke out in pure glee, rushing back to call for his mother.—
Yousra Elbagir,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The characters’ propensity for ugly faces, silliness and a bit of grossness too, stems from the portrayals of girlhood and young womanhood that appeal to them.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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As Mozart, Sam Clemmett is wonderful, carefully navigating the silliness and sullenness of a character who’s been drawn as part boy, part man.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Much of Fleming’s delightful frivolity can be seen in their mishmashed resume.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
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Comedies are often the also-rans; everyone wants to be taken seriously, and comedies—even the greatest of them, by the likes of Hawks, Preston Sturges, or Billy Wilder—are frequently treated as a frivolity.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Crucial here is that the markets confirm the flippancy found in the previous question, and much more importantly, would have confirmed it then if anyone had been asking.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The flippancy of the title evokes the internet as Purgatory.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Levity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levity. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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