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Definition
lightheartedness (feeling amusement or a lack of seriousness)
- The levity of some of the younger women in and about Trantridge was marked, and was perhaps symptomatic of the choice spirit who ruled The Slopes in that vicinity.1 — The Maiden (80% in)
- "Izz—please, please forget my momentary levity!" he cried.5 — The Woman Pays (56% in)
- O, it was no levity to me!5 — The Woman Pays (56% in)
There are no more uses of "levity" in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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