flippant
adjective
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity.
flippantly
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a word derived from
flippant.
Example Sentences
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In 1976, a man named Tom Iacino called his friend’s house and flippantly asked the person who answered the phone if he could speak to “the couch potato.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
"For him to just flippantly use it in such an offhanded manner speaks volumes... we have a lot of work to do," Mandy Maysey told Seven News.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
This seems innocuous enough until you really pay attention to just how hard and despairing the times Annie must face are, and how flippantly they’re treated.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2024
I watched in quiet horror as she flippantly added an inexplicable amount of bacon to a pan, cranked the heat to high and stirred it around a few times.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2023
I would be angry too if she told me she was leaving this world for another that may or may not exist, so flippantly and easily, like I didn’t really matter to her at all.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
