flightily
- a word derived from flighty.
Example Sentences
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This old woman, from long solitude, I suppose, talked to others as if she were talking to herself, and rambled on, flightily and vaguely.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Mrs. Cheyne shrugged her shoulders a little flightily.
From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
"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.
Charity pretended a great interest in her program and laughed flightily.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
