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Noun: levity  le-vu-tee
  1. Feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
    "His levity during the funeral service was shocking to the mourners"
     
  2. A manner lacking seriousness
    "His levity during the sombre meeting was considered inappropriate"

Derived forms: levities

Type of: feeling, frivolity, frivolousness

Antonym: gravity

Encyclopedia: Levity