Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lightness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lightness \Light"ness\, n. [From {Light} not heavy.]
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not
heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy;
grace.
Syn: Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy;
unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety;
liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness;
briskness; swiftness; ease; facility.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lightness \Light"ness\, n. [From {Light} bright.]
1. Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness
of a room. --Chaucer.
2. Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the
lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lightness
n 1: the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the
lightness of balsa wood" [syn: {weightlessness}] [ant: {heaviness}]
2: the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and
nimble [syn: {agility}, {legerity}, {lightsomeness}, {nimbleness}]
3: having a light color [ant: {darkness}]
4: the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as
created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light
and the darkest dark" [syn: {light}]
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