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US
/ˈɫaɪtnəs/
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[ UK /lˈaɪtnəs/ ]
[ UK /lˈaɪtnəs/ ]
NOUN
- the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
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the property of being comparatively small in weight
the lightness of balsa wood - a feeling of joy and pride
- having a light color
- the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
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the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark
How To Use lightness In A Sentence
- And she, warm with what Dick had just told of him, pleasured at the goodly sight of him, dwelling with her eyes on the light, high poise of head, the careless, sun-sanded hair, and the lightness, almost debonaireness, of his carriage despite his weight of body and breadth of shoulders. CHAPTER XXIII
- The paintings are some of the artist's most sober works, but there is a lightness of being at their core, as well.
- They overturned the verdict because of its lightness.
- Much comic toing and froing ensues, all done with a superb lightness of touch. Times, Sunday Times
- The ensemble exhibits the required lightness of touch to keep the action sparking along. Times, Sunday Times
- The meatless croquettes have a surprising lightness and a lively upper register of dill.
- The small, plain-spoken drama teeters, undecidable, between lightness and weight. The Times Literary Supplement
- The lightness of heart which had dressed them in masquerade habits, had decorated their tents, and assembled them in fantastic groups, appeared a sin against, and a provocative to, the awful destiny that had laid its palsying hand upon hope and life. II.6
- This is country style with a grace and lightness that makes a welcome change from the usual heavy stripped pine.
- The lightness of the first film had hardened into a frantic, unpleasant quality - it's easily the worst of the series.
