flippantly

English

Etymology

From flippant +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

flippantly (comparative more flippantly, superlative most flippantly)

  1. In a flippant manner.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      “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.
    • 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[1], archived from the original on 17 July 2024:
      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.
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