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as in excitable
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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as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity
flighty and giggly preteens at their first dance
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Recent Examples of flighty
But wispy flighty sails cannot express devotion to a stone.
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Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
People have the desire to evolve together, and get past the minor annoyances of a Gemini being too flighty for an intense Scorpio or a Leo’s dramatics overshadowing Taurus’s kindness.
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Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
Lest he be dismissed as a flighty lefty, Danbank revealed some details about his family’s political history.
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Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Big investors including pensions and insurance companies with long-term liabilities are seen as better sources of capital for multiyear corporate loans than banks funded by short-term deposits, which can be flighty, private credit operators told CNBC.
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Hugh Son,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
People have the desire to evolve together, and get past the minor annoyances of a Gemini being too flighty for an intense Scorpio or a Leo’s dramatics overshadowing Taurus’s kindness.
—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
Lest he be dismissed as a flighty lefty, Danbank revealed some details about his family’s political history.
—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Big investors including pensions and insurance companies with long-term liabilities are seen as better sources of capital for multiyear corporate loans than banks funded by short-term deposits, which can be flighty, private credit operators told CNBC.
—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flighty
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The excitable kids had been instructed several times to give Bryce Young room.
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Myhrvold, now 66 and still the CEO of Intellectual Ventures, is jolly and excitable in conversation.
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Alongside Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and his best friend, Shaggy Rogers, Scooby spent decades unmasking supposedly supernatural villains while winning over generations of fans with his goofy charm, insatiable appetite and signature catchphrases.
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All well and good—even if the log-line here may remind some of you of this goofy scene from the Sex and the City movie.
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Oprah selected it for her book club; at her compound in Montecito, Whitehead was so nervous that her staff insisted on blow-drying the damp patches of his dress shirt before they were introduced.
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The low unemployment rate had made many economists nervous, including some on the Fed.
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When it’s done well, the audience doesn’t realize that’s what’s happening; this story is super-silly and the characters actually just got a little bit closer.
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The whole thing was undeniably silly.
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And then there are the uptempo perennials that made Highland, California the giddiest place on earth.
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Alpha Camp − Nikki Hru, Maddy Jones, Leiya Pillitteri − had seemed giddy with confidence before the flaming arrow competition.
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Fahd, cradling his bloodied baby, pressing his hand to Sam’s head in a futile attempt to staunch the bleeding.
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The suit recounts the rapid deterioration — and futile attempts to salvage — what for a long time had been a mutually beneficial professional and artistic partnership.
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“Flighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flighty. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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