FLIPPANTLY

flippantly, airily

(adverb) in a flippant manner; “he answered the reporters’ questions flippantly”; “this cannot be airily explained to your children”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

flippantly (comparative more flippantly, superlative most flippantly)

In a flippant manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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Flip"pant*ly, adv.

Definition: In a flippant manner.

FLIPPANT

Flip"pant, a. Etym: [Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip, Flap, Flipper.]

1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow.

2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsederate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogous." Thomson. To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke.

Flip"pant, n.

Definition: A flippant person. [R.] Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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