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LEVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manner lacking seriousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("levity" is a kind of...):
frivolity; frivolousness (the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "levity"):
flippancy; light-mindedness (inappropriate levity)
humorousness; jocoseness; jocosity; merriness (the trait of merry joking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("levity" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "levity"):
gaiety; playfulness (a festive merry feeling)
Antonym:
gravity (a solemn and dignified feeling)
