as in lightness
a lack of seriousness often at an improper time
no one appreciates your flippancy during our religious services
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Recent Examples of flippancy
England have shown a certain flippancy towards white-ball cricket since winning the 2019 World Cup.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
SpaceX could afford its flippancy on X because the company has always operated with a fly-fast, fail-fast, fly-again metabolism.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Gone are the days of treating the vast majority of our skin with unwarranted flippancy.
—Allure, 26 Sep. 2024
Almodovar’s flippancy here is his tribute to the relentless of his women.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
SpaceX could afford its flippancy on X because the company has always operated with a fly-fast, fail-fast, fly-again metabolism.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Gone are the days of treating the vast majority of our skin with unwarranted flippancy.
—Allure, 26 Sep. 2024
Almodovar’s flippancy here is his tribute to the relentless of his women.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flippancy
Noun
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Promotions that appear on Tax Day—Buy-One-Get-One, $1 promos, free anything—offer a moment of lightness in a very transactional day.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The knit garment merged the warm marsala tone with a lightness of fabric that didn’t feel or appear to be overpowering for the royal.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Another way of positioning this reaction is as an example of schadenfreude, a term used to explain taking glee in someone’s suffering—and that’s a key reason to explaining why some people are reacting to the stock market dip in this way.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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What’s causing this mockery and glee at misfortune?—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Actor Vince Vaughn became the latest celebrity to visit President Trump in the Oval Office, creating a moment of levity Friday for the White House social media team.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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The inclusion of Daredevil and a number of false teases about Wolverine made for great moments of levity.—
Nola Pfau,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
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As serious as the overwhelming majority of the show is, there’s the fresh frivolity of the Thenardiers (Victoria Huston-Elem and Matt Crowle).—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Mar. 2025
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As serious as the overwhelming majority of the show is, there’s the fresh frivolity of the Thenardiers (Victoria Huston-Elem and Matt Crowle).—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Flippancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flippancy. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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