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levity

/lev-i-tee/US // ˈlɛv ɪ ti //UK // (ˈlɛvɪtɪ) //

轻视,轻率,轻视性,轻率性

Related Words

mirth欢笑,欢乐,欢笑声,笑声giddiness眩晕,晕眩,眩晕感,眩晕症repartee对答如流,反驳,对答,对话hilarity欢呼声,欢闹,欢笑,爆笑frivolity浮躁,轻浮,浮气,轻浮性festivity节日活动,节庆活动,庆典活动,节日jocularity戏谑性,笑话,戏谑,戏言flippancy浮躁,浮夸,轻浮,浮夸风picnic野餐,野炊,野餐会,野餐的buoyancy浮力,浮动triviality小事一桩,微不足道,小事,微不足道的小事pleasantry恳求,讨好,恳请,愉悦folly愚蠢,愚蠢的行为,愚蠢的,愚弄foolishness愚蠢的行为,愚蠢行为,愚昧,愚蠢wit智慧,诙谐,聪明人,聪明的人happiness幸福,幸福感,快乐,欢乐lightheartedness轻松愉快的心情,轻松愉快,淡然,轻松愉快的气氛trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事absurdity荒诞性,荒谬性,荒唐,荒谬的事flightiness飞行能力,飞行性,飞行,飞扬跋扈

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural lev·i·ties.

    • : lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
    • : an instance or exhibition of this.
    • : fickleness.
    • : lightness in weight.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfunniness, silliness
Synonyms
frivolity浮躁,轻浮,浮气,轻浮性giddiness眩晕,晕眩,眩晕感,眩晕症hilarity欢呼声,欢闹,欢笑,爆笑mirth欢笑,欢乐,欢笑声,笑声repartee对答如流,反驳,对答,对话absurdity荒诞性,荒谬性,荒唐,荒谬的事amusement消遣,游乐,欢娱,娱乐buoyancy浮力,浮动facetiousness面性,面子问题,面子工程,面子festivity节日活动,节庆活动,庆典活动,节日fickleness浮躁,善变,无常,薄情寡义flightiness飞行能力,飞行性,飞行,飞扬跋扈flippancy浮躁,浮夸,轻浮,浮夸风folly愚蠢,愚蠢的行为,愚蠢的,愚弄foolishness愚蠢的行为,愚蠢行为,愚昧,愚蠢happiness幸福,幸福感,快乐,欢乐jocularity戏谑性,笑话,戏谑,戏言lightheartedness轻松愉快的心情,轻松愉快,淡然,轻松愉快的气氛picnic野餐,野炊,野餐会,野餐的pleasantry恳求,讨好,恳请,愉悦trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事triviality小事一桩,微不足道,小事,微不足道的小事volatility挥发性,波动性,波动,挥发wit智慧,诙谐,聪明人,聪明的人high spirits昂扬的精神,精神饱满,高昂的精神,昂扬的斗志

Examples

  • In any of my projects, I think if something is really deep or dramatic, I always try to make sure I find the levity in it.

  • The comedian is there to offer a force of levity to balance the force of gravity of the scientific content.

  • Events, founded by Kevin Hubschmann in 2019, offers personalized, interactive online comedy shows to companies in need of a little levity.

  • Kimeko McCoyMarketers relied heavily on levity and donation in their brand voice for this year’s Super Bowl.

  • The designer behind the art for Whitehead’s two Pulitzer Prize-winning novels, The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, felt a similar sense of levity.

  • RAWIYA: Like you, I've been turning to Dave Chappelle for both levity and affirmation.

  • For a moment of levity, Leo was challenged by David Beckham to do the ALS ice water bucket challenge.

  • She hopes it retains a genuine realness, “which is what audiences respond to,” alongside its levity.

  • Were you searching for more levity after making your Abu Ghraib documentary Standard Operating Procedure?

  • The moments of levity and convincing depravity make the film both entertaining and nauseatingly voyeuristic.

  • It is difficult to characterize the curious comPg 158bination of levity and seriousness that runs through this tale.

  • I cannot make out to be anything but raspingly, harrowingly sad; so I will close, and not affect levity which I cannot feel.

  • And only the supreme levity of innocence could have devised and accomplished this amazing celebration.

  • It is one of those impossibilities which only the levity of a superficial reason can regard as admissible.

  • So we merely toned down the levity by leaving old Mr. Browne out of the cast entirely.

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