levity

n., pl. -ties.

1. Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity.
2. Inconstancy; changeableness.
3. The state or quality of being light; buoyancy.

[Latin levitās, from levis, light.]

n

Definition: funniness, silliness
Antonyms: gravity, seriousness

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IN BRIEF: Lack of seriousness.

My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity. — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flygtighed, overfladiskhed, letsind, letsindighed, munterhed, sorgløshed

Nederlands (Dutch)
lichtzinnigheid, ongepast gedrag, grilligheid, veronderstelde lichtheid (gewicht)

Français (French)
n. - désinvolture

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leichtfertigkeit, Unbeständigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ελαφρότητα, αλαφράδα, έλλειψη σοβαρότητας

Italiano (Italian)
frivolezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - frivolidade (f), leviandade (f)

Русский (Russian)
ветреность, легкость

Español (Spanish)
n. - frivolidad, ligereza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brist på allvar, lättsinnigt skämtande, ytlighet, flyktighet, sorglöshet, lättsinne, lättfärdighet, lätthet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
轻率, 轻薄, 轻浮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 輕率, 輕薄, 輕浮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 경솔 , 변덕, 촐싹거림

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 軽率, 一貫性の欠如

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خفه, طيش, تقلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קלות ראש, זלזול, חוסר עקביות, התנהגות לא-מכובדת‬

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