Flippancy
['flɪp(ə)nsɪ] or ['flɪpənsi]
Definition
(noun.) inappropriate levity; 'her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy'.
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Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being flippant.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Volubility, fluency.[2]. Pertness, boldness, impertinence, sauciness, impudence.
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Examples
- Not its flippancy, father, said Mary, quickly, fearing that her mother would be displeased. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nothing could be in worse taste than misplaced flippancy; and he answered somewhat stiffly: Yes, you have been away a very long time. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Rebecca's wit, cleverness, and flippancy made her speedily the vogue in London among a certain class. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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