The Only Use of
levity
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Very orderly and methodical he looked, with a hand on each knee, and a loud watch ticking a sonorous sermon under his flapped waist-coat, as though it pitted its gravity and longevity against the levity and evanescence of the brisk fire.†
Chpt 1.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(levity) lightheartedness (feeling amusement or a lack of seriousness)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In Shakespeare's time, levity could refer to immorality.