as in lightness
a lack of seriousness often at an improper time
underage drinking is a serious problem and not a matter for facetiousness and lame jokes
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Noun
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Plunkett, so adept at channeling great pain through layers of gauzy lightness, reveals the depths of the character’s fear and avoidance when Ella asks if Joy will be present for her death.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025 -
The result is a robust overall runtime that nonetheless gives you a sense of lightness.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Trump and Vance, in one fell swoop, managed to embolden our adversaries (not just Russia — all of them watched this spectacle with glee) and alienate our staunch European allies.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2025
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An emotional dela Fuente cried tears of joy while Ho and other Mills players jumped with glee at halfcourt.—
Nathan Canilao,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Their levity made for a good fit with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which had established its wisecracking tone with Jon Favreau’s first Iron Man and developed it further with Joss Whedon’s Avengers.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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There’s a lot of levity here as well, to lighten the mood amid all the shootouts.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
13 Mar. 2025
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England have shown a certain flippancy towards white-ball cricket since winning the 2019 World Cup.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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SpaceX could afford its flippancy on X because the company has always operated with a fly-fast, fail-fast, fly-again metabolism.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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The sketch is an expression of all the things Everybody’s Live does best: sincere love and admiration for cultural iconography, forced through a sieve of surreal frivolity.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Values are whatever drives us and can include family, faith or frivolity.—
Mary E. Dozier,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Facetiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facetiousness. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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