Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a flippant manner; glibly; with pert volubility.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a flippant manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
flippant manner
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- adverb in a flippant manner
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Examples
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Last week, Brett Ratner used the word flippantly at a film screening Q&A.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Domenick Scudera 2011
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My view is, and I certainly don't mean this flippantly, is what the hell are they doing ordering pizza at a high security location?
Pathetic army excuse about base security does nothing to answer the questions Norfolk Blogger 2009
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What worries me at the core, I think, is the idea that a moral dicta imposed around “rape”, proscribing its “casual” use as vulgar, rendering it an act of moral transgression to speak this word flippantly, while it might serve to affirm the gravity of the crime, might at the same time, for that very reason, prime that word for exaptation into the realm of swearing proper.
On Profanity: 4 Hal Duncan 2009
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What worries me at the core, I think, is the idea that a moral dicta imposed around “rape”, proscribing its “casual” use as vulgar, rendering it an act of moral transgression to speak this word flippantly, while it might serve to affirm the gravity of the crime, might at the same time, for that very reason, prime that word for exaptation into the realm of swearing proper.
Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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I hate to throw out the term flippantly, but this is the “Long Tail†of commenting, isn†™ t it?
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You know I don’t like to use that word flippantly, but Laura, I am not afraid to say it now because I really do mean it.
Mistaken Identity Don 2008
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My flippantly wishing a fictional character to drop dead during a break there is no real Joe the Plumber paled by the Republicans taking out ads with them shooting weapons in them, encouraging people to buy M16s in others, on and on.
Charles Karel Bouley: Tucson: In the Blame Game, We All Lose Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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They didn't flippantly joke, they crafted campaigns of division and anger, using catch phrases and terrifying tag lines to batter America into submission.
Charles Karel Bouley: Tucson: In the Blame Game, We All Lose Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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“I have plenty of room in my gown, thank you very much,” Charisse said flippantly, as she took a healthy bite of the treat.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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You are flippantly omitting a "yet" -- "possibly kill the man who probably is not YET a murderer ..."
The Preponderance of the Evidence, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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