as in lightness
a lack of seriousness often at an improper time
the boys were scolded for joking during the funeral service, which was hardly the time for frivolity
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Recent Examples of frivolity
With her pagoda-roof eyelashes and her quicksilver physicality, Grande gives real comic shape to Glinda’s popular-girl frivolity.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
All in all, 2024 ended up being a triumph for those who chose style and substance over flash and frivolity … generally a good fashion rule to live by, in my opinion.
—Alison Edmond, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2024
The holidays are a time of frivolity, socializing, and celebration—most of which usually comes with cocktails.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
The main cast gets the feel and tone of what Wilson has wrought, both the frights and the frivolity.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
All in all, 2024 ended up being a triumph for those who chose style and substance over flash and frivolity … generally a good fashion rule to live by, in my opinion.
—Alison Edmond, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2024
The holidays are a time of frivolity, socializing, and celebration—most of which usually comes with cocktails.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
The main cast gets the feel and tone of what Wilson has wrought, both the frights and the frivolity.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frivolity
Noun
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Not far from Khao Yai National Park, Yellow Submarine Coffee Tank is one of the few examples of brutalist architecture in the area that has a lightness exuding an almost Japanese-like zen.—
Lane Nieset,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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The collections hinged on high-tech fabric solutions which enhanced features such as lightness, stretchability, softness and comfort.—
Andrea Onate,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Her glee is deeper than that, and on this night, it was shared by scores of school faculty, administrators, students and alums, some in their 80s, who squeezed into crammed quarters for an up-close peek of the now merging with the future.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
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Joel Kim Booster just wants to make people laugh — and if anyone could use a moment of levity right now, its film and TV writers.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
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As an air sign, the feather is a perfect symbol of your levity and lightness, adding just the right amount of tease and tension to the moment.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
12 Feb. 2025
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England have shown a certain flippancy towards white-ball cricket since winning the 2019 World Cup.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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SpaceX could afford its flippancy on X because the company has always operated with a fly-fast, fail-fast, fly-again metabolism.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Frivolity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frivolity. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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