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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#m1)

2) Lightness is being bright or pale in colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#m2)

3) Lightness is a gentle, cheerful, easy feeling or way of moving: lightness of heart, lightness of step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#x1)
- The ballet dancer moved with great lightness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#x2)
- Feel the lightness of this feather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#x3)
- Add white to increase the lightness of the colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#x4)
- There was a lightness in her voice after the good news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#x5)
- The cake had a wonderful lightness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#x6)
- His dancing was very clever indeed, and the animals were all highly pleased with his grace and lightness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lightness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.