as in lightness
a lack of seriousness often at an improper time
try to restrain your natural frothiness at least for the duration of the lecture
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Noun
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Reliable comedic turns from Rick Hoffman's hapless Louis and Sarah Rafferty's fierce Donna brought a lightness to the show and rounded out the ensemble.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
23 Feb. 2025 -
The record will explore the question of magic in all of its unexpected manifestations, even the ones that aren’t typically described with the lightness of the world, like grief.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 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
Noun
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Showing these moments of levity was my way of honoring that.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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Severance Season 2: All About the Sci-Fi Thriller Starring Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette Despite the show's darker themes and subject matters, Walken can find moments of levity between takes — and Turturro, 67, is a big help in that.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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One was the dot-com collapse, which flattened the bubbly frivolity of early e-commerce.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Their clothing choices are weaponized in ways their husbands' never are – too expensive signals elitism, too casual suggests disrespect, too fashionable indicates frivolity, and too conservative betrays lack of independence.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Frothiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frothiness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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