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flippancy

/flip-uhnt/US // ˈflɪp ənt //UK // (ˈflɪpənt) //

浮躁,浮夸,轻浮,浮夸风

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Definitions

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

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Examples

  • "That I don't know, sir," the girl replied, speaking with a flippancy that was careless and almost impertinent.

  • In parliament he had hitherto opposed all popular measures, sometimes with insolent flippancy.

  • "They might as well kill a man as scare him to death," he said, with an attempt to get back to his customary flippancy.

  • But when he had carefully dressed for it, and was immersed in its shallow flippancy, he reacted the other way.

  • In the ecstatic solemnity with which she swore her faith to him the ordinary sensibilities of sex seemed a flippancy.