Levity
noun
A way of acting or speaking that is not serious.
His touch of levity lightened the atmosphere during the meeting.
Often appears as...
- touch of levity
- moment of levity
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General, Literary
noun
The state of being less weighty under specific conditions.
The levity of the material made it ideal for our space mission.
Often appears as...
- levity of the material
- due to its levity
Usage tips
Scientific, Technical
noun
A way of acting or speaking that is not serious.
His touch of levity lightened the atmosphere during the meeting.
Often appears as...
- touch of levity
- moment of levity
Usage tips
General, Literary
noun
The state of being less weighty under specific conditions.
The levity of the material made it ideal for our space mission.
Often appears as...
- levity of the material
- due to its levity
Usage tips
Scientific, Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Social Lightness
Levity often introduces a relaxed, friendly vibe in a social or professional setting.
Her levity at dinner helped everyone feel welcome.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Appropriate
Use levity carefully; it might be seen as inappropriate or disrespectful in serious situations.
A joke made in levity was poorly received at the solemn ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Break Tension
Levity can be used strategically to defuse a tense or awkward situation.
The quick levity from the speaker broke the tension in the conference room.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Lightness
Levity often introduces a relaxed, friendly vibe in a social or professional setting.
Her levity at dinner helped everyone feel welcome.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Appropriate
Use levity carefully; it might be seen as inappropriate or disrespectful in serious situations.
A joke made in levity was poorly received at the solemn ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Break Tension
Levity can be used strategically to defuse a tense or awkward situation.
The quick levity from the speaker broke the tension in the conference room.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Lightness
Levity often introduces a relaxed, friendly vibe in a social or professional setting.
Her levity at dinner helped everyone feel welcome.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Appropriate
Use levity carefully; it might be seen as inappropriate or disrespectful in serious situations.
A joke made in levity was poorly received at the solemn ceremony.
Pro Tip 3/3Break Tension
Levity can be used strategically to defuse a tense or awkward situation.
The quick levity from the speaker broke the tension in the conference room.
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David Perry: Will...
downloaded, streaming, HD reality. We are interacting with our entertainment. I have come to expect this level of interaction. Without it, the problems faced in the real world -- poverty, war, disease and genocide -- lack the levity they should.
Video examples
David Perry: Will...
downloaded, streaming, HD reality. We are interacting with our entertainment. I have come to expect this level of interaction. Without it, the problems faced in the real world -- poverty, war, disease and genocide -- lack the levity they should.
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Quote examples
Megan Ganz
American Writer
You want to represent it accurately, and the accurate representation of quarantine is not that it's sad all the time or that people are struggling constantly, it's that there are these moments of hardship and then there are intense moments of levity and kinship and people supporting each other.
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Helen Oyeyemi
British Novelist
Dickinson is my hero because she was a joker, because she would never explain, because as a poet she confronted pain, dread and death, and because she was capable of speaking of those matters with both levity and seriousness. She's my hero because she was a metaphysical adventurer.
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Emily Meade
American Actress
People are apprehensive about finding 'The Leftovers' funny because it's such a dark circumstance, but I think, really, what the show is about is examining how different people deal with loss. There are elements of humour and levity and irony in that... just like in real life.
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Kaui Hart Hemmings
American Writer
I just try to write what I think would really happen, and with grief and tragedy, there are these naturally occurring moments of levity and humor and absurdity. I think that's what life is really like. Sadness gets interrupted, and happiness gets interrupted.
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Jessica Rothe
American Actress
I love down-and-dirty and grit. But I do think that my favorite dramas are ones that are dark comedies because I think that the only way the audience and the actor can really go as dark and deep as you may want to go is if there's some levity added to it.
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Edward Irving
Scottish Clergyman
The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness.
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Doris Day
American Actress
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
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Sheryl Crow
American Musician
I try to conduct my life with a little levity.
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Akiva ben Joseph
Clergyman
Jesting and levity accustom a man to lewdness.
Quote examples
Megan Ganz
American Writer
You want to represent it accurately, and the accurate representation of quarantine is not that it's sad all the time or that people are struggling constantly, it's that there are these moments of hardship and then there are intense moments of levity and kinship and people supporting each other.
Quote examples
Helen Oyeyemi
British Novelist
Dickinson is my hero because she was a joker, because she would never explain, because as a poet she confronted pain, dread and death, and because she was capable of speaking of those matters with both levity and seriousness. She's my hero because she was a metaphysical adventurer.
Quote examples
Emily Meade
American Actress
People are apprehensive about finding 'The Leftovers' funny because it's such a dark circumstance, but I think, really, what the show is about is examining how different people deal with loss. There are elements of humour and levity and irony in that... just like in real life.
Quote examples
Kaui Hart Hemmings
American Writer
I just try to write what I think would really happen, and with grief and tragedy, there are these naturally occurring moments of levity and humor and absurdity. I think that's what life is really like. Sadness gets interrupted, and happiness gets interrupted.
Quote examples
Jessica Rothe
American Actress
I love down-and-dirty and grit. But I do think that my favorite dramas are ones that are dark comedies because I think that the only way the audience and the actor can really go as dark and deep as you may want to go is if there's some levity added to it.
Quote examples
Edward Irving
Scottish Clergyman
The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others.
Quote examples
Brian Eno
British Musician
Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness.
Quote examples
Doris Day
American Actress
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
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Sheryl Crow
American Musician
I try to conduct my life with a little levity.
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Akiva ben Joseph
Clergyman
Jesting and levity accustom a man to lewdness.
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