Definitions for levity

levity lev·i·ty

Spelling: [lev-i-tee]
IPA: /ˈlɛv ɪ ti/

Levity is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in levity (eiltvy).

Definitions for levity

noun

  1. lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
  2. an instance or exhibition of this.
  3. fickleness.
  4. lightness in weight.

Origin of levity

1555-65; Latin levitās lightness, frivolity, equivalent to levi(s) light + -tās -ty2

Examples for levity

The moments of levity and convincing depravity make the film both entertaining and nauseatingly voyeuristic.

The dismay and the scorn of Mr Verloc found vent in an attempt at levity.

She hopes it retains a genuine realness, “which is what audiences respond to,” alongside its levity.

How sad that the word "giddy" is used to imply wantonness or levity!

When it comes to fighting “the enemy,” there is no time for levity.

And I must strongly object to the spirit of levity which I find in your paper.

For a moment of levity, Leo was challenged by David Beckham to do the ALS ice water bucket challenge.

Like the Porter in Macbeth, his role is to provide a moment of levity in otherwise grim and serious times.

Kitty should not have smiled, but she did; she should have rebuked his levity, but she didn't.

For the Assistant Commissioner was not constitutionally inclined to levity.

Word Value for levity
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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