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"Yes; but by more than a promise; by an oath," he said, flightily; "and she is not the only woman who is infatuated with me," he added, chuckling at his companion's discomfiture.

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg

The old man talked well, though flightily, with a constant reference of all topics to his own standards, recollections, and friendships, which was characteristic, but in him not unattractive.

From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

If they're not flightily mad with eccentricity and brandy, they are morbidly mad with solitude and sentiment.

From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida

Mrs. Cheyne shrugged her shoulders a little flightily.

From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

If i had been stouter and stronger in health, I should then have been almost flightily happy; but the Weakness of the frame still kept the rest in order.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny