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1
easily excited by nature
- you have to be quiet while the deer are grazing, as they are flighty animals and will run if they hear you
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2
lacking in seriousness or maturity
- flighty and giggly preteens at their first dance
Synonyms for flighty
- birdbrained,
- ditzy
- (or ditsy),
- dizzy,
- featherbrained,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- futile,
- giddy,
- goofy,
- harebrained,
- light-headed,
- light-minded,
- puerile,
- scatterbrained,
- silly,
- yeasty
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- grave,
- melancholy,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- thoughtful
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“Flighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flighty. Accessed 18 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of flighty was in 1552
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