Levity – Remarks or behavior intended to be amusing

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Comes from Latin Levitas meaning lightness or frivolity from Levis – lightness in weight.

Pronounced as Lev (emphasized) + It + Ee {Listen to it here}

Situational Uses / Sentences:

• The happy audience strolled back out into the stormy night feeling much levity in comparison to the evenings heavy weather.
• A funny remark from one of the students infused some levity in the tense examination environment.

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