Lightness meaning

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The quality or condition of being illuminated.
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The dimension of the color of an object by which the object appears to reflect or transmit more or less of the incident light, varying from black to white for surface colors and from black to colorless for transparent volume colors.
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The state or quality of having little weight or force.
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Ease or quickness of movement; agility.
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Ease or cheerfulness in manner or style.
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Freedom from worry or trouble.
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Lack of appropriate seriousness; levity.
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Delicacy or subtlety in craft, performance, or effect.
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The state, quality, or intensity of lighting; brightness.
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The state of being light, not heavy.
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Mildness, nimbleness, delicacy, cheerfulness, lack of seriousness, etc.
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(uncountable) The condition of being illuminated.
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(uncountable) The relative whiteness or transparency of a colour.
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(countable) The product of being illuminated.
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The state of having little weight, or little force.
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Origin of lightness

  • From light, the adjective.
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  • from light, the noun
    From Wiktionary

Lightness Sentence Examples

  • For lightness, for grace, for proportion, the effect is unrivalled.

  • Allusion to the lightness of the wood is made in Aristoph.

  • Vases and drinking cups were produced of extreme lightness, in the walls of which were embedded patterns rivalling lace-work in fineness and intricacy.

  • Langley aimed at great lightness of construction, and in this he succeeded to a remarkable extent.

  • Sun and wind are freely admitted, and the whole effect is one of the most airy lightness and grace.

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