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
Etymology
Adverb
flippantly (comparative more flippantly, superlative most flippantly)
In a flippant manner.
Source: Wiktionary
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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