单词	levity
释义	levitylev‧i‧ty /ˈlevəti/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINlevity Origin: 1500-1600 Latin levitas, from levis ‘light’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Dr. Watkins brought some much-needed levity into his lecture on economic theory. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But I must resist the temptation to treat so serious a matter with levity. His stepbrother, half-scandalized and wholly impressed by Herbert's levity, never forgot the episode. It was a moment of levity amid tough trade negotiations. The captain looked shocked at this levity but complied. The woman was lively, even bawdy, but there was something reserved, steely, behind her levity. They'd had a long, hard, cold morning's work and levity took over. This was probably not the whole reason; for his levity and jocularity were well tuned for making enemies. formal lack of respect or seriousness when you are dealing with something serious OPP  gravity
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