flippantly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

flippant +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

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.
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