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lightness

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lightness
The whiteness of a painted surface as measured by the amount of light reflected from it.
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He was conscious of an aloofness from everything earthly and a strange and joyous lightness of existence.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
It is monstrous that for no offence but the wish to produce something beautiful, and the mistake of his powers in that direction, a writer should become the prey of some ferocious wit, and that his tormentor should achieve credit by his lightness and ease in rending his prey; it is shocking to think how alluring and depraving the fact is to the young reader emulous of such credit, and eager to achieve it.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
As Mainhall had said, she was the second act; the plot and feeling alike depended upon her lightness of foot, her lightness of touch, upon the shrewdness and deft fancifulness that played alternately, and sometimes together, in her mirthful brown eyes.
Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context
 
 
 
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