flippancy
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ənt adjective
1.
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
2.
Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant.
3.
Archaic. glib; voluble.
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flippant (ˈflɪpənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand |
| 2. | impertinent; saucy |
| 3. | obsolete talkative or nimble |
| [C17: perhaps from | |
| 'flippancy | |
| —n | |
| 'flippantly | |
| —adv | |
| flippant (ˈflɪpənt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand |
| 2. | impertinent; saucy |
| 3. | obsolete talkative or nimble |
| [C17: perhaps from | |
| 'flippancy | |
| —n | |
| 'flippantly | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Without him, the magazine lost both sophistication and flippancy.
Sarcastic, tired flippancy has stolen the place of the first, and lugubrious resentment has deposed the second.
Everything that savors of levity or flippancy, in connection with this subject, ought to excite the deepest repugnance.
However, to an outsider it is rightly perceived as rank flippancy.
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