Wondering how to use Flippancy in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as levity.
Flippancy in a sentence
Flippancy meaning
A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
Synonyms of Flippancy
Using Flippancy
- The main meaning on this page is: A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
- Useful related words include: light-mindedness, levity.
Context around Flippancy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flippancy
- In this selection, "flippancy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, invincible stand out and add context to how "flippancy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include flippancy he injects and seen as flippancy the role. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flippancy" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flippancy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Flippancy, he injects, though. (4 words)
Far from being seen as flippancy, the role Atiku played turned out to be unprecedented in the nation’s political history. (21 words)
Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race. (32 words)
Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race. (32 words)
Far from being seen as flippancy, the role Atiku played turned out to be unprecedented in the nation’s political history. (21 words)
Flippancy, he injects, though. (4 words)
Example sentences (3)
Far from being seen as flippancy, the role Atiku played turned out to be unprecedented in the nation’s political history.
Flippancy, he injects, though.
Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race.