levity
/LEV-ih-tee/nounhumor or frivolity, especially in a serious context
“A moment of levity broke the courtroom's tension.”
- Synonyms
- lightness, frivolity, humor
- Antonyms
- gravity, seriousness
- Memory hook
- levis (light): lightness where weight was expected.
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