flippancy

[US]/'flɪp(ə)nsɪ/
[UK]/'flɪpənsi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. lack of respect or seriousness; casual behavior or speech.

Example Sentences

flippancy is his stock-in-trade.

He was disconsidered with his friends for his flippancy.

The flippancy of your answer peeved me. To

The wife is a house, ising 1 can give you the flippancy heart to bring conciliatory bay;

Her flippancy often gets her into trouble.

I was taken aback by his flippancy in such a serious situation.

His flippancy towards his responsibilities is concerning.

The teacher did not appreciate the student's flippancy during class.

Her flippancy towards safety regulations is unacceptable.

He responded with flippancy when asked about the project deadline.

The politician's flippancy towards the issue angered many voters.

I was surprised by the flippancy of his remarks.

Her flippancy in the meeting was inappropriate.

His flippancy in the face of danger is concerning.

Real-world Examples

It's the rare person who can confront the final decline with flippancy or ease.

Source: Time

He was glad that she had reached the stage of achieving a flippancy.

Source: A handsome face.

" You have not got the French flippancy and you understand the principle of utility" .

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

The mother soon regretted her flippancy because her flexible son had fled away.

Source: Pan Pan

'Kill him'? he said, all attention and his flippancy gone.

Source: A handsome face.

She was watching his face and knew that her flippancy angered him.

Source: Veil

Grant told him what had happened, and he listened gravely, the unusual defensive flippancy gone.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Part Two)

And who's also to blame for your present state of emotional arrest, infantile truculence and drunken flippancy.

Source: The Song of Lunch

'Ah, call me not that, ' he said, with a flourish of his fat hands, regaining immediately his portentous flippancy.

Source: Magician

Four grave young men who were standing round scowled; these gentlemen did not like flippancy. The comte saw that he had gone too far. Luckily he perceived the honest M. Balland, a veritable hypocrite of honesty.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

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