On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Flighty. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as flyaway or scatterbrained and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Flighty in a sentence
Flighty meaning
- Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
- That flies easily or often.
- Swift.
Synonyms of Flighty
Using Flighty
- The main meaning on this page is: Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions. | That flies easily or often. | Swift.
- Useful related words include: flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained, frivolous.
- In the example corpus, flighty often appears in combinations such as: and flighty, the flighty.
Context around Flighty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flighty
- In this selection, "flighty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, super, young, youngest, ways and corporate stand out and add context to how "flighty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a flighty looking husband and as young flighty overly exuberant. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flighty" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flighty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ballantyne cited her performance as "just more flighty…. (8 words)
Singh appears ethereal and flighty, while Scheer seems opaque and inert. (11 words)
That’s because she was flighty, like the bird: She wouldn’t stay put. (14 words)
We’ve got to quit celebrating and catering to these flighty corporate profiteers, and get back to building a real economy based on the productivity and true genius of America’s grassroots entrepreneurs and workers. (35 words)
I’d seen these regal, red, and green members of the parrot clan visit our home a couple of times before, but they were always shy and flighty. (28 words)
Taub reimagines the flighty youngest Bennet sister not as the silly flirt we know from "Pride & Prejudice," but as a curious young witch experimenting with her own power. (28 words)
Example sentences (11)
Over four seasons, the actress has taken the impoverished party girl from flighty as a sparrow to… OK, she’s still super flighty.
I’d seen these regal, red, and green members of the parrot clan visit our home a couple of times before, but they were always shy and flighty.
Taub reimagines the flighty youngest Bennet sister not as the silly flirt we know from "Pride & Prejudice," but as a curious young witch experimenting with her own power.
That’s because she was flighty, like the bird: She wouldn’t stay put.
When we first met Videl at the start of the Majin Buu saga, she was a young woman who was tired of Gohan's flighty ways.
We’ve got to quit celebrating and catering to these flighty corporate profiteers, and get back to building a real economy based on the productivity and true genius of America’s grassroots entrepreneurs and workers.
Hannah also had a young family to juggle and a flighty-looking husband (Stephen Mangan) to keep an eye on.
Neither we nor Audrey know who to trust with whatever information that flash drive holds – the handsome, cunning CIA agents or Drew, the flighty ex- boyfriend.
Singh appears ethereal and flighty, while Scheer seems opaque and inert.
Tully may come across as young, flighty, overly-exuberant – no wonder Marlo baulks when she first meets her.
Ballantyne cited her performance as "just more flighty….
Common combinations with flighty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: