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lightness

[lahyt-nis] / ˈlaɪt nɪs /
NOUN
illumination
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Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


NOUN
agility
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But why, when lightness is such an empowering virtue, would anyone tempt fate in motorized dreadnoughts like the GT S?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

At Yerord Mas, a second-generation son of the city takes the cooking of his people and turns it into something personal, deeply researched, modern in lightness and inspiringly delicious.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

In the 1920s, Schrödinger built on that idea by defining hue, saturation, and lightness within a Riemannian model of color perception, using a metric that describes how people perceive color differences.

From Science Daily Jun. 7, 2026

“The lightness was forced, and the joy was a lie,” she tells him.

From Salon Apr. 17, 2026

An absurd lightness draped itself around him; all things were possible, all things were manageable.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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