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Webster 1913 Edition
Lightness
Light′ness
,Noun.
[From
Light
not heavy.] The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
Syn. – Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease; facility.
1.
Illumination, or degree of illumination;
as, the
. lightness
of a roomChaucer.
2.
Absence of depth or of duskiness in color;
as, the
lightness
of a tint; lightness
of complexion.Webster 1828 Edition
Lightness
LIGHTNESS
,Noun.
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.