What does flippantly mean?
Definitions for flippantly
flip·pant·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
flippantly, airilyadverb
in a flippant manner
"he answered the reporters' questions flippantly"; "this cannot be airily explained to your children"
Wiktionary
flippantlyadverb
In a flippant manner
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Flippantlyadverb
In a flowing prating way.
Etymology: from the adjective.
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flippantly
Flippantly refers to behaving or speaking in a casual, impertinent, or disrespectful manner, often with a lack of seriousness or thoughtfulness.
Webster Dictionary
Flippantlyadverb
in a flippant manner
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flippantly in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flippantly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of flippantly in a Sentence
Sometimes I'll say flippantly if you sold the chicken to somebody, there'd be plenty of them, when things are owned, there's lots of cows. Cows are not endangered. Neither are chickens, really. The sage brush grouse would probably be less likely to be endangered if somebody owned it and allowed it to reproduce. So there are ways of handling it.
Adding insult to dishonor, the administration speaks cavalierly, even flippantly, even as our ally has suffered death and casualty, we once abandoned a red line. Now we abandon an ally.
I guarantee you somewhere in Kentucky today a child was sexually assaulted that was left at home because there was nobody there to watch them, i guarantee you somewhere today a child was physically harmed or ingested poison because they were home alone because a single parent did n’t have any money to take care of them. I ’m offended by the idea that people so cavalierly and so flippantly disregarded what’s truly best for children.
I'm offended by the fact that people so cavalierly, and so flippantly, disregarded what's truly best for children.
To see her curtsy and dance and walk away so flippantly.
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