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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dr. Watkins brought some much-needed levity into his lecture on economic theory.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I must resist the temptation to treat so serious a matter with levity .
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His stepbrother, half-scandalized and wholly impressed by Herbert's levity , never forgot the episode.
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It was a moment of levity amid tough trade negotiations.
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The captain looked shocked at this levity but complied.
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The woman was lively, even bawdy, but there was something reserved, steely, behind her levity .
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They'd had a long, hard, cold morning's work and levity took over.
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This was probably not the whole reason; for his levity and jocularity were well tuned for making enemies.