lightness

[light·ness]

The property of being comparatively small in weight

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The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace.

Noun
the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"

Noun
having a light color

Noun
the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

Noun
the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood"


n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.

n.
Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.

n.
Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.


Lightness

Light"ness, n. [From Light not heavy.] The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease; facility.

Lightness

Light"ness, n. [From Light bright.] 1. Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room. Chaucer. 2. Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.

The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace.

Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.

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Usage Examples

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

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Other Usage Examples

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.

I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.

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