Explore Flippantly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like airily. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Flippantly meaning
In a flippant manner.
Synonyms of Flippantly
Using Flippantly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a flippant manner.
- Useful related words include: airily.
- In the example corpus, flippantly often appears in combinations such as: to flippantly.
Context around Flippantly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flippantly
- In this selection, "flippantly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, doncic, used, held, referring, branding and chucked stand out and add context to how "flippantly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be used flippantly almost like and but flippantly referring to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flippantly" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flippantly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The concept of unobtainium is often applied flippantly or humorously. (10 words)
Doncic flippantly chucked the ball toward the basket — and it went in. (12 words)
Hannah flippantly described Nina as “psychotic” and she does seem to have issues. (13 words)
And its residents that don’t respect the businesses in our community, even stooping low enough to literally rob a business only to flippantly return what they stole, as if the theft wasn’t a crime, as if that attitude isn’t disrespectful to us. (45 words)
But in the same interview, which was recorded by police and is included in the episode, she flippantly tells a detective that she also wanted to see what it felt like to kill someone with her bare hands. (38 words)
Founded by Justin Chung, the eatery is arguably the city’s fanciest chippy – in fact, resorting to flippantly branding it a ‘chippy’ does it a huge disservice. (27 words)
Example sentences (12)
But flippantly referring to the transgender community as “genital mutilators” or “chemical castrators” is downright evil.
Founded by Justin Chung, the eatery is arguably the city’s fanciest chippy – in fact, resorting to flippantly branding it a ‘chippy’ does it a huge disservice.
Doncic flippantly chucked the ball toward the basket — and it went in.
But in the same interview, which was recorded by police and is included in the episode, she flippantly tells a detective that she also wanted to see what it felt like to kill someone with her bare hands.
For starters, it can often be used flippantly, almost like a buzzword for a deeper-than-normal level of tiredness.
The press conference was held flippantly by a smirking Merkel, who joked that the journalists in the audience were flaunting the hygiene rules she recommended.
Games being cancelled due to typhoons was a doomsday scenario flippantly joked about before this Rugby World Cup.
And its residents that don’t respect the businesses in our community, even stooping low enough to literally rob a business only to flippantly return what they stole, as if the theft wasn’t a crime, as if that attitude isn’t disrespectful to us.
Hannah flippantly described Nina as “psychotic” and she does seem to have issues.
Eventually, Idle flippantly replied "Jesus Christ – Lust for Glory", which became the group's stock answer once they realised that it shut reporters up.
Higgins flippantly recommends Doolittle to an American millionaire who has written to Higgins seeking a lecturer on moral values.
The concept of unobtainium is often applied flippantly or humorously.
Common combinations with flippantly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to flippantly 2×