flightilyadv.
/ˈflʌɪtᵻli/, U.S. /ˈflaɪdᵻli/ In a flighty manner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adverb]
dallyingly?1545
triflingly1579
toyishly1581
light-headed1639
light-headedly1713
flippantly1758
flightily1780
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously
unstaidly1556
fantastically1567
humorously1593
skittishly1598
fantasticly1599
garishly1606
humoursomely1653
whimsily1654
quirkishly1673
peevishlya1680
whimsically1711
fancifully1741
capriciously1746
flightily1780
erratically1861
tricksily1866
vagariously1892
quirkily1926
1780 F. Burney Let. June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 167 She seemed flightily gay.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §3. 627 Buckingham talked flightily about bringing the army to London.
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