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"word": "luminosidade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osveščónnostʹ",
"sense": "the condition of being illuminated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "освещённость"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the condition of being illuminated",
"tags": [
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"word": "osvijetljenost"
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"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "the condition of being illuminated",
"word": "klil"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svetlost",
"sense": "the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "светлост"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour",
"word": "vaaleus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clarté"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luminosidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "claridad"
}
],
"word": "lightness"
}
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"ref": "1960 January, “The Swindon Type \"4\" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 39:",
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"ref": "1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266:",
"text": "In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.",
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"Freedom from worry."
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"ref": ", New York 2001, p.75",
"text": "Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?"
}
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"Levity, frivolity; inconsistency."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵiffa",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خِفَّة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lekota",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лекота"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lleugeresa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"word": "keveys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "légèreté"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "simsubuke",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"word": "სიმსუბუქე"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leggerezza"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jeŋildik",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"word": "жеңилдик"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "levitās"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljóxkostʹ",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лёгкость"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lakoća"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liviandad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"word": "hafiflik"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the state of having little weight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ysgafnder"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pǎrgavost",
"sense": "Agility of movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пъргавост"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podvižnost",
"sense": "Agility of movement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подвижност"
}
],
"word": "lightness"
}
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