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flighty

[ flahy-tee ]

adjective

, flight·i·er, flight·i·est.
  1. given to flights flight of fancy; capricious; frivolous.

    Synonyms: undependable, irresponsible, mercurial

  2. slightly delirious; light-headed; mildly crazy.
  3. irresponsible:

    He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.

  4. Archaic. swift or fleet.


flighty

/ ˈflaɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. frivolous and irresponsible; capricious; volatile
  2. mentally erratic, unstable, or wandering
  3. flirtatious; coquettish


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Derived Forms

  • ˈflightiness, noun
  • ˈflightily, adverb

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Other Words From

  • flighti·ly adverb
  • flighti·ness noun
  • un·flighty adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flighty1

First recorded in 1545–55; flight 1 + -y 1

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Example Sentences

During the last presidential debate, Neves went so far to refer to Rousseff as “flighty.”

Plus, Joaquin spent the entirety of his last film falling in love with a flighty blonde who's tied to an technological device.

Evan Rachel Wood stars as a flighty barista in ‘A Case of You,’ premiering at Tribeca.

News and documentary production requires minute-by-minute decision-making—flighty ditherers need not apply.

She grew up an orphan in Japanese internment camps and has a flighty streak.

I never looked upon Hephzibah Wallis as flighty; in fact, she was undoubtedly the steadiest of all my girls.

Weve got to live somehow, and if you get a good job stick to it, say Inone of your highty flighty notions.

She is sweetly pretty, though they say rather a flirt, and flighty in her ways.

She was flighty and frivolous, evasive and obstinate, fond of pleasures not always innocent.

He did write to Mr. Wharton, but in doing so he altogether laid aside that flighty manner which for a while had annoyed her.

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