lightness

«lightness» in Mova's school dictionary: being not heavy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (lightness, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Lightness is being not heavy. tree →

2) Lightness is being bright or pale in colour. tree →

3) Lightness is a gentle, cheerful, easy feeling or way of moving: lightness of heart, lightness of step. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: the lightness of a feather or of a material. In art: the lightness or darkness of a colour. In stories: a dancer's lightness, or a lightness in someone's voice when they are happy.

examples

• The lightness of the bike makes it easy to carry. tree →
• The ballet dancer moved with great lightness. tree →
• Feel the lightness of this feather. tree →
• Add white to increase the lightness of the colour. tree →
• There was a lightness in her voice after the good news. tree →
• The cake had a wonderful lightness. tree →
• His dancing was very clever indeed, and the animals were all highly pleased with his grace and lightness. tree →

note

Uncountable. Opposite: heaviness (weight), darkness (colour). Do not confuse with «lighting» (lamps) or «lightning» (storm flash).

In the corpora

• Many people feel real relief and lightness after an honest confession.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lightness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.