LEVITY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for LEVITY, such as:
1. It was cruel levity in you to do that.
2. His remarks injected a note of levity into the proceedings.
3. She could not endure the idea of treachery or levity, or anything akin to ill usage between him and his friend.
2. His remarks injected a note of levity into the proceedings.
3. She could not endure the idea of treachery or levity, or anything akin to ill usage between him and his friend.
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Meanings and Examples of LEVITY
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levity
n. lack of seriousness; lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
Classic Sentence:
1 Front-de-Boeuf would have replied, but Prince John's petulance and levity got the start.
2 Have patience, sir," replied his counsellor; "I might retort your accusation, and blame the inconsiderate levity which foiled my design, and misled your own better judgment.
3 The downcast and sorrowful looks of these venerable men, their silence and their mournful posture, formed a strong contrast to the levity of the revellers on the outside of the castle.
4 She could not endure the idea of treachery or levity, or anything akin to ill usage between him and his friend.
5 It was cruel levity in you to do that.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
6 Again he pressed the hand of the latter with an expression of good-natured, sincere, and animated levity.
7 ; the pupils in the seminary, these tender levities; errors imputed to newspapers, the imposture which distills its venom through the columns of those organs; etc.
Example Sentence:
1 Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew: such levity is improper in church.
2 His remarks injected a note of levity into the proceedings.