All 3 Uses of
levity
in
Middlemarch
- The mother, you know, had always that levity about her, which makes me anxious for the children.†
Chpt 3 *
- But levity Is causal too, and makes the sum of weight.†
Chpt 4
- It seemed to him this evening as if the cruelty of his outburst to Rosamond had made an obligation for him, and he dreaded the obligation: he dreaded Lydgate's unsuspecting good-will: he dreaded his own distaste for his spoiled life, which would leave him in motiveless levity.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(levity) lightheartedness (feeling amusement or a lack of seriousness)