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flighty [ˈflaɪtɪ] adj flightier, flightiest
1. frivolous and irresponsible; capricious; volatile 2. mentally erratic, unstable, or wandering 3. flirtatious; coquettish flightily adv flightiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
flighty adjective frivolous, wild, volatile, unstable, irresponsible, dizzy, fickle, unbalanced, impulsive, mercurial, giddy, capricious, unsteady, thoughtless, changeable, impetuous, skittish, light-headed, harebrained, scatterbrained, ditzy or ditsy (slang) She was a frivolous fool, vain and flighty. Translations flighty [ˈflaɪtɪ] ADJ (flightier (compar) (flightiest (superl))) [idea, remark] → frívolo, poco serio; [girl] → caprichoso, voluble flighty flighty [ˈflaɪtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → capriccioso/a, frivolo/a flighty [ˈflaɪtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → capriccioso/a, frivolo/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| She's flighty, you know - very flighty - quite flighty enough to pass her days in a sedan-chair. They scoured the roads, they searched the woods and all quarters, and at the end of three days they found the flighty Leandra in a mountain cave, stript to her shift, and robbed of all the money and precious jewels she had carried away from home with her. Some of the strange questions put to me by the woman in white, after my ill-considered promise to leave her free to act as she pleased, had suggested the conclusion either that she was naturally flighty and unsettled, or that some recent shock of terror had disturbed the balance of her faculties. |
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