flirtatious
adjective
given or inclined to flirtation.
flirtatiousness
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a word derived from
flirtatious.
Example Sentences
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Isolde is a mercurial character, and Ms. Davidsen expressed her simmering rage, her girlish flirtatiousness, and her serenity in the “Liebestod.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
His voice could convey flirtatiousness, amusement, heartache or wily agility, and his syncopated phrasing was as close to jazz as to traditional blues, leaping easily into falsetto or letting loose a vulpine howl.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
This is a healthy, appropriate relationship to have with an ex, and you should definitely think of it as mere flirtatiousness and not a weird, cruelty-tinged power game at all.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2020
More than that, he wrote, she imbued the role with the hallmarks of a Darrieux performance: beauty, charm, flirtatiousness and vulnerability.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2017
She was a middle-aged woman, without a trace of flirtatiousness, who walked with a slight shuffle and had lost the unwarranted gaiety that had made her so appealing in her youth.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
