- Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity.
- Inconstancy; changeableness.
- The state or quality of being light; buoyancy.
[Latin levitās, from levis, light.]
levity
Dictionary:
lev·i·ty (lĕv'ĭ-tē)  |
n., pl., -ties.
| Wordsmith Words: levity |
(LEV-i-tee)
noun
1. Lack of seriousness; frivolity.
2. Inconstancy; fickleness.
3. Lightness in weight.
Etymology
From Latin levitas, from levis (light).
"`And guess what?' Jack Kemp asked, trying to shoosh the enthusiastic crowd. When some in the audience started shouting back guesses, he had to say `That was a rhetorical question - you don't have to answer.' That was the only moment of ad-lib levity in the disciplined march of speeches in San Diego." — William Safire, San Diego Speech Scorecard, The New York Times, August 19, 1996.
"He projected affability more easily than authority, levity more readily than gravity." — Frank Bruni, Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush, HarperCollins (New York), March 5, 2002.
| Antonyms: levity |
n
Definition: funniness, silliness
Antonyms: gravity, seriousness
| Word Tutor: levity |
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)
| Wikipedia: Levity (soundtrack) |
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| Film score by Mark Oliver Everett | ||||
| Released | April 22, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 35:38 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Plexi Music | |||
| Producer | Mark Oliver Everett | |||
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Levity is a soundtrack produced by Mark Oliver Everett for the 2003 film of the same name.
Track listing
- "What I Remember Most" – 2:17
- "Skywriting" – 2:07*
- "Running the Bath" – :31
- "Gravity" – 2:18
- "Haunted Piano #1" – 2:33
- "In Manual's Room" – 1:34
- "Taking a Bath in Rust" – 2:28*
- "Flashback Rules" – 1:44
- "Post-flashback Blues" – 1:19
- "Lonesome Subway" – 1:01
- "Haunted Organ #1" – 2:39
- "Sofia Writing in the Sky" – 2:23
- "To Adel Easley/Trouble in the Alley" – 6:40
- "Manual's Got a Train to Catch" – 5:04
- *Track performed by Eels
Personnel
- Ryan Boesch – Engineering and Mixing
- Tracy Bonham – Violin and Orchestration
- Jessica Catron – Cello
- Mark Oliver Everett – Vocals, guitar
- Wally Gagel – Engineer and mixing
- Jim Lang – Orchestration
- Jonathan Norton – Drums and percussion
- Dan Pinder – Technical assistance
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| Translations: Levity |
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
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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