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
The two actors play off each other well enough, contrasting Damon’s caustic deadpan with Affleck’s devil-may-care flippancy.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
It’s told with an earnestness, not a hipster flippancy.
—Erik Piepenburg Brian Karlsson, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
But, as Marian wrote in a letter, Lewes’s flippancy masked great conscience and heart.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Before the dominance of music streaming, fans could treat the coming and going of micro-genres with a jokey flippancy.
—Amos Barshad, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
It’s told with an earnestness, not a hipster flippancy.
—Erik Piepenburg Brian Karlsson, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
But, as Marian wrote in a letter, Lewes’s flippancy masked great conscience and heart.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Before the dominance of music streaming, fans could treat the coming and going of micro-genres with a jokey flippancy.
—Amos Barshad, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flippancy
Noun
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Some meet the characteristics frequently associated with Irish whiskey—lightness, smoothness, a fruity profile—and others are more expressive, and even a little smokey.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sitting out on her sunny pool deck in an oversized sweater, frayed jeans and slippers with minimal makeup, Moore exudes lightness and positivity.—
Mara Reinstein,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The specifics of Musk’s climb down remain to be seen, but the fact that chatter about it is being received with such glee among Hill Republicans may be the validation that moves Trump to a hard yes on Musk’s shift. Make sense of what matters in Washington.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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To investors’ glee, Trump even managed to mention doling out carve-outs.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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Moments of levity may help Grozev cope with the ongoing threat to his life.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
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Boll, who’s at least good at injecting levity into his movies, struggled to find the humor in this rough outing. 47.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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This is funny; Misty, a serious-minded statistician, can’t admit to frivolity.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The sketch is an expression of all the things Everybody’s Live does best: sincere love and admiration for cultural iconography, forced through a sieve of surreal frivolity.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Flippancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flippancy. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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