Complete Definition of "levity"

English

Pronunciation
(US) Pronunciation guide|SAMPA:/"lE.vI.ti/

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. lightness of manner or speech, frivolity
  2. obsolete lack of steadiness

#The state or quality of being light,buoyancy
#:quotations:
#:*"...it would really seem as if there was something nomadic in our natures, a principle of levity and restlessness..." — Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)

Translations
Estonian: kerglus
Portuguese: leveza

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