They're handling the issue with levity.
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Levity
Synonyms for "levity" (184 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
carefree mood
Noun(2 words)
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lack of weightlaughterleeringlevitationlight heartlightheartednesslightmindednesslightnesslightsomenessmercurialitymercurialnessmerrimentmerrinessmirthmirthfulnessmockerymuch ado about nothingnegligencenonobservancenugacity
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9 total sentences available.
On the eve of the bridal day, Lucy appeared to have one of her fits of levity, and surveyed with a degree of girlish interest the various preparations of dress, etc., etc., which the different members of the family had prepared for the occasion.
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Most of the confidences were unsought — frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon; for the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.
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Most of the confidences were unsought - frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation or a hostile levity […]
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