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The phrase "a certain lightness of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quality or characteristic that is not heavy or burdensome, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The novel has a certain lightness of tone that makes it enjoyable to read."
Alternatives: "a particular ease of" or "an unmistakable buoyancy of".
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He had a certain lightness of being.
There are other listeners who will miss a certain lightness of spirit in the Second's graceful finale and a generally more relaxed tone in the three movements which come before.
I suppose that's because the show is a fable, more or less, a form that demands a certain lightness of touch, and it took me a while to understand that it's a pageant, too.
And Tony Blair, for all his huge first parliamentary majority, was always handicapped by a certain lightness of manner entirely consonant with the verbal slipperiness that later defined him.
In recent months Mr. Gore's friends have repeatedly expressed frustration at his inability to project a certain lightness of being that seems to come so easily for Mr. Bush.
He has worked with many Baroque period ensembles and this experience has left its mark: he has a certain lightness of sound, a cleanness of line and a purity of tone, which made for some very refined Schubert.
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She also finds what lesser singers can take for granted: a certain lightness that eases her constant sense of control".
Perhaps the most striking part of the build-up to the second leg of the last-16 tie against PSG is a certain lightness in the air.
"There's a certain lightness about it".
"There's a certain lightness that's wonderful, and it's so ready for culture.
"They were added to give the house a certain lightness," Knox says.
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