Meanings
comparative more flippantly · superlative most flippantly
- In a flippant manner.
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 20241 more example
“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
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a flippant manner
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Origin
Cite this entry
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