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 flippancy with which these characters are made to bite the dust establishes the film’s combustible tone.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
We’ve all been cast adrift in the cognitive dissonance between the visceral seriousness of the crime and the abject flippancy of the shooter, the brutality of the shooting and the memes reacting to Kirk’s bigoted views.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
For a certain generation, the truth doesn’t really matter less than the myth itself: a legendary rock star treating the world’s most luxurious car with such flippancy on his way to dying too young.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2025
There are, at times, flashes of exasperation in her responses to Agnes’ possessiveness or flippancy.
—Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
We’ve all been cast adrift in the cognitive dissonance between the visceral seriousness of the crime and the abject flippancy of the shooter, the brutality of the shooting and the memes reacting to Kirk’s bigoted views.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
For a certain generation, the truth doesn’t really matter less than the myth itself: a legendary rock star treating the world’s most luxurious car with such flippancy on his way to dying too young.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2025
There are, at times, flashes of exasperation in her responses to Agnes’ possessiveness or flippancy.
—Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flippancy
Noun
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Recycled cotton continues to anchor ADM’s sustainability mission, while linen brings seasonal lightness and texture and Tencel blends deliver the softness premium brands expect without environmental compromise, according to Zahra Ahmed, director of ADM.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Red wine vinaigrette brings the lightness, but the other option of labneh ranch has the right touch of richness.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As a teen-ager listening to folk music in London pubs, I’d been attracted to the instrument’s nimble, tinkling cheerfulness, its being on the margins, not too demanding, perhaps.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Lastly, yellow tulips symbolize cheerfulness, happiness, and optimism.—
Michelle Mastro,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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New York with aplomb, expressing glee about the network being able to keep the project a secret.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2026
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Laptop twee tries to pretend those simpler times are accessible, which makes for exaggerated, juvenile glee—a dishonest document of 2026, but a wildly appealing one.—
Samuel Hyland,
Pitchfork,
15 Apr. 2026
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Levy and Taylor Ortega play disorganized siblings who get thrust into the world of organized crime, a departure from the world of Schitt’s Creek, but still maintains the silliness and fun of a Dan Levy show.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
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The zero gravity effects here work extremely well and there's a genuine good-naturedness on display that enhances the true silliness of the moment.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Fortunately, Sanctions balances its downer tendencies with moments of levity and peculiar arrangements that only Souled American could have concocted.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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Though dramatic at its core, this revival infuses a levity and sarcasm that alleviate much of its heaviness.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That frivolity supplied a lesson.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
14 Apr. 2026
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Reality television has always insisted on its own frivolity.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Let effort speak louder than frivolousness.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Flippancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flippancy. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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