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Meaning of Lightness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈlaɪtnəs

Definitions

  1. the condition of being illuminated
  2. The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
  3. the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
  4. Agility of movement.
  5. The product of being illuminated.
  6. Freedom from worry.
  7. Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.

Equivalents

Examples

“Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable and lightness has a call that's hard to hear.”
“The unique chassis design is largely the secret of the lightness of the locomotive.”
“In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.”
“Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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