LIGHTNESS, n.
1. Want of weight levity the contrary to heaviness as the lightness of air, compared with water.
2. Inconstancy unsteadiness the quality of mind which disposes it to be influenced by trifling considerations.
- Such is the lightness of you common men.
3. Levity wantonness lewdness unchastity.
4. Agility nimbleness.
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