[U] (written) behaviour that shows a lack of respect for sth serious and that treats it in an amusing way
SYNFRIVOLITY:
The joke provided a moment of levity in an otherwise dreary meeting.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for levity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is levity a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, levity is tagged as noun.
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