flightiness

  • 81levity — lev·i·ty || levÉ™tɪ n. lack of seriousness, frivolity, flightiness, silliness …

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  • 82flighty — adjective (flightier, flightiest) fickle and irresponsible. Derivatives flightily adverb flightiness noun …

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  • 83levity — n. 1. Lightness, want of weight. 2. Frivolity, flightiness, giddiness, volatility, want of seriousness …

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  • 84volatility — n. 1. Evaporableness, disposition to evaporate. 2. Airiness, liveliness, gayety, vivacity, sprightliness, cheerfulness. 3. Changeableness, fickleness, flightiness, giddiness, inconstancy, levity, frivolity, want of seriousness, mutability …

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  • 85flighty — adjective a woman who is flighty changes her ideas or activities a lot without finishing them or being serious about them flightiness noun (U) …

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  • 86frivolity — noun everyone needs a little frivolity now and again Syn: lightheartedness, levity, joking, jocularity, gaiety, fun, frivolousness, silliness, foolishness, flightiness, skittishness; superficiality, shallowness, flippancy, vacuity, empty… …

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  • 87instability — noun 1) the instability of political life Syn: unreliability, uncertainty, unpredictability, insecurity, riskiness; impermanence, inconstancy, changeability, variability, fluctuation, mutability, transience Ant: certainty …

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  • 88careless — adj Careless, heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent mean showing lack of concern or attention. Careless often implies the absence of such cares as responsibilities or worries; it then usually connotes casualness, spontaneity, and lightheartedness… …

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  • 89elastic — adj 1 Elastic, resilient, springy, flexible, supple are comparable when they mean able to endure strain (as extension, compression, twisting, or bending) without being permanently affected or injured. Elastic and resilient are both general and… …

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  • 90flippancy — levity, *lightness, light mindedness, frivolity, volatility, flightiness Analogous words: sauciness, pertness, archness (see corresponding adjectives at SAUCY): impishness, waggishness, roguishness, mischievousness, playfulness (see corresponding …

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