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Recent Examples of levity Cromwell’s middle-aged regrets build poignantly, while brisker pacing and some levity—Cromwell is widowed, and various courtiers take it upon themselves to play matchmaker—lend the proceedings a teeming liveliness. Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025 Feedback will help you fine-tune the balance between levity and substance. Paul Boross Mbe, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Zoom in: Owner Reagan Carter, 21, a Penn State ag grad, turned part of her family's farm into an agritourism destination three years ago after spotting the trend online — selling a dose of pandemic-era levity and a peek into farm life. Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025 There are also moments of levity, with music, dancing and games of table tennis. Zoe Whitfield, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for levity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for levity
Noun
  • Its lightness and delicate botanicals align with the season’s theme of renewal and freshness.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Its lightness and delicate botanicals align with the season’s theme of renewal and freshness.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Another way of positioning this reaction is as an example of schadenfreude, a term used to explain taking glee in someone’s suffering—and that’s a key reason to explaining why some people are reacting to the stock market dip in this way.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • What’s causing this mockery and glee at misfortune?
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As serious as the overwhelming majority of the show is, there’s the fresh frivolity of the Thenardiers (Victoria Huston-Elem and Matt Crowle).
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
  • As serious as the overwhelming majority of the show is, there’s the fresh frivolity of the Thenardiers (Victoria Huston-Elem and Matt Crowle).
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Levity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levity. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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