flightiness

  • 11flightiness — flight·i·ness || flaɪtɪnɪs n. frivolousness; fickleness; fanciful quality, whimsical quality; irresponsibility …

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  • 12flightiness — n capriciousness, changefulness, fickleness, inconstancy, volatility, mercurialness; frivolity, whimsicality, giddiness, light headedness; flippancy, lightness, levity …

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  • 13flightiness — flight·i·ness …

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  • 14Levity — Lev i*ty (l[e^]v [i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. levitas, fr. levis light in weight; akin to levare to raise. See {Lever}, n.] 1. The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or… …

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  • 15lightness — lightness, light mindedness, levity, frivolity, flippancy, volatility, flightiness are comparable when denoting the quality, manner, or attitude of one who is irresponsibly gay or indifferent especially when seriousness is expected. Lightness… …

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  • 16arbitrariness — noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory • Syn: ↑flightiness, ↑whimsicality, ↑whimsy, ↑whimsey, ↑capriciousness • Derivationally… …

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  • 17capriciousness — noun 1. the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses • Syn: ↑unpredictability • Derivationally related forms: ↑capricious • Hypernyms: ↑inconstancy, ↑changefulness 2. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from …

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  • 18whimsey — noun 1. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory • Syn: ↑flightiness, ↑arbitrariness, ↑whimsicality, ↑whimsy, ↑capriciousness •… …

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  • 19whimsicality — noun 1. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory • Syn: ↑flightiness, ↑arbitrariness, ↑whimsy, ↑whimsey, ↑capriciousness •… …

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  • 20frivolity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. levity, flightiness, giddiness, folly.See unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flightiness, triviality, silliness, levity, flippancy, lightness, puerility, trifling, folly, frippery, flummery,… …

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