They're handling the issue with levity.
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Levity
Synonyms for "levity" (174 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (52)
faddismficklenessfleeringflightinessflimsinessfloatabilityfluffinessfoaminessfollyfoolingfoolishnessfrivolityfrivolitéfrivolousnessfrothfrothinessfunfutilitygentlenessgiddiness
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gleegleefulnessgossamerinessgrinningheedlessnesshigh gleehilariousnesshilarityhissinghootinghumoridlenessinadvertenceinadvertencyinanityinattentioninattentivenessinconsiderationinconstancyincuriosityindifferenceinobservanceinstabilityjauntinessjeeringjocularityjocundityjollinessjollityjoshingjovialityjoy
Related words (87)
joyfulnessjoyousnesslack of weightlaughterleeringlevitationlight heartlightheartednesslightmindednesslightsomenessmercurialitymercurialnessmerrimentmerrinessmirthmirthfulnessmockerymuch ado about nothingnegligencenonobservance
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nugacityobliviousnesspanningperkinesspertnessplayfulnessprankprankishnesspranksomenessraggingrailleryrallyingrazzingregardlessnessresilienceridiculeroastingroguishnessscoffingshallownesssillinessskittishnessslendernessslightnesssmart-aleckinesssmartnesssmirkingsneeringsnickeringsniggeringsnortingsoftnesssportivenesssuperficialitytauntingtempest in a teapottendernesstrickerytrickinesstriflingnesstritenesstrivialitytrivializationtrivialnesstwittingunalertnessunawarenessunconsciousnessundependabilityunheavinessunheedfulnessunintentivenessunmindfulnessunobservanceunpredictabilityunreliabilityunwarinessunwatchfulnessvacuityvanityvapidityvolatilitywaggerywaggishnessweightlessnessyeastiness
Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- թեթեւամտություն noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- թեթեւություն noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- թեթեւություն noun (state or quality of being light)
- թեթեւսոլիկություն noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вятърничавост noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- лекомислие noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- несериозност noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Czech
4 entries- frivolnost noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- lehkomyslnost noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- lehkost noun (state or quality of being light)
- lehkovážnost noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Dutch
4 entries- frivoliteit noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- lichtzinnigheid noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- luchthartigheid noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- luchtig noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
Estonian
1 entries- kerglus noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Finnish
4 entries- kepeys noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- keveys noun (state or quality of being light)
- kevytmielisyys noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- kevytmielisyys noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
French
4 entries- frivolité noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- légèreté noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- légèreté noun (state or quality of being light)
- nonchalance noun (lightness of manner or speech)
German
4 entries- Leichtfertigkeit noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- Leichtfertigkeit noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- Leichtigkeit noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- Leichtsinn noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Hungarian
1 entries- fesztelenség noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Irish
1 entries- éadroime noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Italian
1 entries- levità noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Latin
1 entries- levitās noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Persian
3 entries- جلفی noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- سبکسری noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- سبکی noun (state or quality of being light)
Portuguese
2 entries- leveza noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- leviandade noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
Romanian
1 entries- neseriozitate noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Russian
4 entries- ветреность noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- вольность noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- легкомы́слие noun (lightness of manner or speech)
- лёгкость noun (state or quality of being light)
Spanish
4 entries- frivolidad noun (lighthearted or frivolous act)
- ingravidez noun (state or quality of being light)
- levedad noun (state or quality of being light)
- ligerez (disused) noun (state or quality of being light)
Welsh
1 entries- ysgafnder noun (lightness of manner or speech)
Sample sentences
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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