All 3 Uses of
levity
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- 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.†
Chpt 1 *
- "Izz—please, please forget my momentary levity!" he cried.†
Chpt 5
- O, it was no levity to me!†
Chpt 5
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.