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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
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.
—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
Matilda, a recent high school graduate, has grown up with a flighty mother and a revolving door of homes.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
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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.
—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
Matilda, a recent high school graduate, has grown up with a flighty mother and a revolving door of homes.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flighty
Adjective
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Myhrvold, now 66 and still the CEO of Intellectual Ventures, is jolly and excitable in conversation.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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An unexpected collaboration opportunity is very possible under today’s trine between excitable Mars and erratic Uranus.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Scott fares much, much better, grounding the movie’s goofier dialogue in broadly credible conviction.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Spinella shucks off sentimentality, always showing us Con’s offhand humor and sometimes nervous, defensive rambling.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Companies start to get nervous when the percentage of shareholders blessing their pay plans dips well below the average, which is slightly above 90%, said Elizabeth Bieber, partner at the law firm Freshfields who leads shareholder engagement.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Through the fuzz and the bad camera angles emerges an extraordinary catalogue of dummies, flicks, and feints, a hodge-podge of silly tricks.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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To lose that would be silly now.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Her work is spirited, even downright giddy.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Santa conducted a giddy postgame interview on the team’s television broadcast before descending the stairs into the clubhouse.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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That was an appropriate response by Rockies fans when the Rockies mercifully moved on from futile general manager Bill Geivett and insufferable team president Greg Feasel.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Any attempt to pin down the greatest men’s footballer is therefore futile at best and highly subjective at worst.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
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“Flighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flighty. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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