flippancy / ˈflɪp ənt /

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flippancy 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
  2. Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant.
  3. Archaic. glib; voluble.

flippancy 近义词

n. 名词 noun

irreverence

更多flippancy例句

  1. "That I don't know, sir," the girl replied, speaking with a flippancy that was careless and almost impertinent.
  2. In parliament he had hitherto opposed all popular measures, sometimes with insolent flippancy.
  3. "They might as well kill a man as scare him to death," he said, with an attempt to get back to his customary flippancy.
  4. But when he had carefully dressed for it, and was immersed in its shallow flippancy, he reacted the other way.
  5. In the ecstatic solemnity with which she swore her faith to him the ordinary sensibilities of sex seemed a flippancy.