lightliness

English

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English lightlines, lightlinesse, from Middle English lyghtly, liȝtliche, lihtliche + -nes, -nesse.[1] Equivalent to lightly +‎ -ness (suffix forming nouns).

Noun

lightliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or condition of one who acts lightly; ease; facility.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lightliness.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “lightlīnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 12 November 2019.
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