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[ flahy-tee ] / ˈflaɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flighty ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, flight·i·er, flight·i·est.given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous. slightly delirious; light-headed; mildly crazy. irresponsible: He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor. Archaic. swift or fleet. Origin of flightyFirst recorded in 1545–55; flight1 + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR flighty1 mercurial, undependable, irresponsible. SEE SYNONYMS FOR flighty ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM flightyflight·i·ly, adverbflight·i·ness, nounun·flight·y, adjectiveWords nearby flightyflight strip, flight suit, flight surgeon, flight-test, flightworthy, flighty, flim, flimflam, flimsy, flinch, flinders Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flightyDuring the last presidential debate, Neves went so far to refer to Rousseff as “flighty.” What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton|Heather Arnet|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Plus, Joaquin spent the entirety of his last film falling in love with a flighty blonde who's tied to an technological device. Marry, Screw, Kill: Lindsay Lohan Sex List Scandal Edition|Amy Zimmerman|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Evan Rachel Wood stars as a flighty barista in ‘A Case of You,’ premiering at Tribeca. Evan Rachel Wood on Tribeca Film ‘Case Of You,’ Coming Out as Bisexual, Her Pregnancy, and More|Marlow Stern|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST She grew up an orphan in Japanese internment camps and has a flighty streak. 3 Great Reads for Thanksgiving|Taylor Antrim|November 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
She's not so much manic or pixie as flighty and, frankly, callous. Indie Dream Girls|Doree Shafrir|July 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST He made them a flighty, heroic little speech and the face of events was changed. Dixie After the War|Myrta Lockett Avary How could the presence of these articles in my house affect either the honour, the sanity, or the life of my flighty colleague? The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde|Robert Louis Stevenson Some are trifling and flighty, some are positively bad-principled, some are altogether good in their influence. Household Papers and Stories|Harriet Beecher Stowe After that he made ardent, headlong love to her at every opportunity, with a flighty recklessness which began by amusing her. The Streets of Ascalon|Robert W. Chambers Didst thou not send Skirnir to Gymer's dwelling to befool Gymer's flighty daughter? The Children of Odin|Padraic Colum
British Dictionary definitions for flighty
adjective flightier or flightiestfrivolous and irresponsible; capricious; volatile mentally erratic, unstable, or wandering flirtatious; coquettish Derived forms of flightyflightily, adverbflightiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flightygiddy, capricious, unstable, changeable, dizzy, effervescent, empty-headed, featherbrained, frivolous, harebrained, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, lightheaded, lively, mercurial, scatterbrained, silly, thoughtless, unbalanced |