Synonyms:
lightsomeness, lightness
Meaning: the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
Synonyms:
light, lightness
Meaning: the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"
Synonyms:
lightness
Meaning: having a light color
Synonyms:
agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness
Meaning: the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
Synonyms:
lightness, weightlessness
Meaning: the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood"
Synonyms:
elation, high_spirits, lightness
Meaning: a feeling of joy and pride
Usage examples
Terrifically large, he moved with the lightness of a winged insect.
All this time I had experienced little, save a sense of lightness and cold discomfort.
At all times she was highly tragic, devoured by remorse. Lightness of stress or behavior was far from her.
The town, the plant, Maxineff, were all behind him. Ahead was a goal toward which he bore with increasing lightness of heart.
Shape of Bullets.--Round iron bullets are worthless, except at very close quarters, on account of the lightness of the metal: for the resistance of the air checks their force extremely.
But, from glimpses here and there, and from the purity and lightness of the air, I judged that we were on far higher ground than any we had yet traversed, the central comb, perhaps, of the mountain-system.
4), are all made of nickel-plated steel--a material in which lightness, durability and mechanical strength are most happily combined, and a material beyond suspicion as to corrosion in an alkaline electrolyte....
I have tried metal holders, but I much prefer the simple quill, on account of its elasticity and lightness. A little binding with waxed thread, may be put on, as shown in the sketch, to prevent the quill from splitting.
These depths, constantly bridged over by a structure firm enough in spite of its lightness and of its occasional oscillation in the somewhat vertiginous air, invited on occasion, in the interest of their nerves, a dropping of the plummet and a measurement of the abyss.
Knives.--Hunting-knife.--A great hunting-knife is a useless encumbrance: no old sportsman or traveller cares to encumber himself with one; but a butcher's knife, carried in a sheath, is excellent, both from its efficient shape, the soft quality of The steel, its lightness, and the strong way in which the blade is set in the haft.