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Definition of Levity
1. Noun. Feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness.
2. Noun. A manner lacking seriousness.
Specialized synonyms: Flippancy, Light-mindedness, Humorousness, Jocoseness, Jocosity, Merriness
Definition of Levity
1. n. The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.
Definition of Levity
1. Noun. Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) Lack of steadiness ¹
3. Noun. The state or quality of being light, buoyancy ¹
4. Noun. A lighthearted or frivolous act ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Levity
1. conduct characterized by a lack of seriousness [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Levity
Literary usage of Levity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... but this father Simon did not come up to his character by a great deal; for
though father Simon had no appearance of a criminal levity in him neither, ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1809)
"levity. years ago, upon a small scale, both in America and England ; and had ...
levity FOR THE PORT FOLIO. MR. OLDSCHOOL, IN the last number of your Port ..."
3. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"levity of the public Journals in recording this. ... A very painful part of this
picture is the indifference, and even levity, with which this subject is ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"The court however, returned to P.iris, and the cardinal was received by the people
with expressions of joy and satisfaction. It is this levity of the French ..."
5. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"This levity of the French nation, the absurd mixture of a frivolous gallantry
... A fresh instance of that levity was soon displayed. The prince of Conde, ..."
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