Lightness

Quick meaning: Lightness is a noun meaning (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated.

Meaning

(uncountable) the condition of being illuminated.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

The unique chassis design is largely the secret of the lightness of the locomotive.

Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable and lightness has a call that's hard to hear.

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?

Word Forms

• lightnesses
• lightnesse

Synonyms for lightness

Depending on context, synonyms include light, weightlessness.

Antonyms for lightness

Common opposites include heaviness, weightiness, darkness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weightlessness, light, levity, clarity, brightness, constancy.

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