Adjective, : He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor. From Dictionary.com.
No, thought Elise, Sapphire never forgets who she is, no matter how flightily she behaves at functions like this. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
Mrs. Cheyne shrugged her shoulders a little flightily. From Wordnik.com. [Not Like Other Girls] Reference
Charity pretended a great interest in her program and laughed flightily. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
Clifford at once counselled resistance while Buckingham talked flightily about bringing the army to London. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683] Reference
If they're not flightily mad with eccentricity and brandy, they are morbidly mad with solitude and sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida] Reference
And, all at once, with this Apolline, who was so flightily merry and careless, and in regard to whom there were so many odd rumours, new. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5] Reference
The old man talked well, though flightily, with a constant reference of all topics to his own standards, recollections, and friendships, which was characteristic, but in him not unattractive. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Rose's Daughter] Reference
Otherwise, I would like you to be in the scheme, which is a very great and important one, and which cannot have too many men who are steadily -- not flightily, like some of our friends -- in earnest, and who are not to be lightly discouraged. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1 (of 3), 1833-1856] Reference
The farmer, while his mind still hung about thousands of pounds and a certain incomprehensible division of them to produce a distinct intelligible total, and set before him the sum of Anthony's riches, could see that his elder daughter was behaving flightily and neglecting the true interests of the family, and he was chagrined. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
There, you little thing, I was only in fun,’ dabbing her sister’s forehead; ‘but don’t you be a silly puss, and don’t you think flightily and eloquently about degenerate impossibilities. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
A certain incomprehensible division of them to produce a distinct intelligible total, and set before him the sum of Anthony's riches, could see that his elder daughter was behaving flightily and neglecting the true interests of the family, and he was chagrined. From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
Parliament merely registered the will of the people, both men and women, which expressed itself, as it always must, in diverse ways, through the press, by the voice of the piazza, in public and private discussion, flightily, weightily, passionately, timidly. From Wordnik.com. [The World Decision] Reference
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