levity
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noun
humor
or
frivolity
, especially the
treatment
of a serious matter with
humor
or in a
manner
lacking
due
respect
:
｟かたく｠ ; Uふまじめさ; 軽率さ; C軽はずみな行為
e.g.
as an attempt to introduce a note of levity, the words were a disastrous flop.
ORIGIN
mid
16th century
: from
Latin
levitas
, from
levis
‘
light
’.