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Definition of levity in English Turkish dictionary
- hafifmeşreplik
- şakalaşma
- gülüşme
- laubalilik
- ciddiyetsizlik
- {i} hoppalık
- {i} düşüncesizlik
- münasebetsiz şakacılık
- sebatsızlık
- frivolity
- hafiflik
- frivolity
- saçmalık
- frivolity
- sululuk
- frivolity
- {i} ciddiyetten yoksun hareket/söz
- frivolity
- {i} eğlence
- frivolity
- {i} havailik
- frivolity
- {i} havailik, delişmenlik
- frivolity
- manasızlık
- frivolity
- {i} anlamsızlık
- frivolity
- {i} ciddiyetsizlik
- frivolity
- saçmalık/hafiflik
- frivolity
- {i} hoppalık
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Definition of levity in English English dictionary
- lightness of manner or speech, frivolity
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy
Hydrogen ... rises in the air on account of its levity.
- A lighthearted or frivolous act
- lack of steadiness
- frivolity
- {n} lightness, inconstancy, vanity, folly
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity
- {i} lack of seriousness, frivolity, flightiness, silliness
- lightness of manner feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- The state or quality of being light,buoyancy
- lightness of manner
- Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility
- Levity is behaviour that shows a tendency to treat serious matters in a non-serious way. At the time, Arnold had disapproved of such levity. = frivolity. lack of respect or seriousness when you are dealing with something serious gravity (levitas, from levis )
- The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; opposed to gravity
- lightness
levity
Hyphenation
le·vi·tyTurkish pronunciation
levîtiSynonyms
absurdity, amusement, buoyancy, facetiousness, festivity, fickleness, flightiness, flippancy, folly, foolishness, frivolity, giddiness, happiness, high spirits, hilarityPronunciation
/ˈlevətē/ /ˈlɛvɪtiː/
Etymology
() Coined in 1564, from Latin levitas (“lightness, frivolity”), from levis (“lightness (in weight)”).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Cognate to lever.Resimler
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