flippantly
/ˈflɪp.ənt.li/
flippantly adverb: in a flippant manner.
Adverb
flippantly (comparative more flippantly, superlative most flippantly)
- In a flippant manner.
- “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- In response to the announcement on X Tuesday, Newsom flippantly posted, “You bent the knee” with a screenshot of Trump writing about Musk visiting the White House during his presidency.2024 July 16, Gillian Brassil and Nicole Nixon, “Elon Musk says he’ll move X & SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas. Here’s why”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 17 Jul...
Forms of flippantly
| comparative | more flippantly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most flippantly |
Origin of flippantly
From flippant + -ly.
Questions about flippantly
- What does flippantly mean?
- Flippantly means in a flippant manner.
- What part of speech is flippantly?
- Flippantly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce flippantly?
- Flippantly is pronounced /ˈflɪp.ənt.li/.
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