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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Reliable comedic turns from Rick Hoffman's hapless Louis and Sarah Rafferty's fierce Donna brought a lightness to the show and rounded out the ensemble.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
23 Feb. 2025
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The record will explore the question of magic in all of its unexpected manifestations, even the ones that aren’t typically described with the lightness of the world, like grief.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Trump and Vance, in one fell swoop, managed to embolden our adversaries (not just Russia — all of them watched this spectacle with glee) and alienate our staunch European allies.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2025
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An emotional dela Fuente cried tears of joy while Ho and other Mills players jumped with glee at halfcourt.—
Nathan Canilao,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Showing these moments of levity was my way of honoring that.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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Severance Season 2: All About the Sci-Fi Thriller Starring Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette Despite the show's darker themes and subject matters, Walken can find moments of levity between takes — and Turturro, 67, is a big help in that.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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One was the dot-com collapse, which flattened the bubbly frivolity of early e-commerce.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Their clothing choices are weaponized in ways their husbands' never are – too expensive signals elitism, too casual suggests disrespect, too fashionable indicates frivolity, and too conservative betrays lack of independence.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Flippancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flippancy. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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