Flippantly [adverb]
Definition of Flippantly:
gently, effortlessly
Synonyms of Flippantly:
● Easily
● Casually
● Tenderly
● Gingerly
● Softly
● Simply
● Mildly
● Freely
● Quietly
● Slightly
● Nimbly
● Readily
● Smoothly
● Well
● Sparsely
● Faintly
● Thinly
● Subtly
● Agilely
● Airily
● Breezily
● Daintily
● Timidly
Sentence/Example of Flippantly:
I passed her the pancakes with a cheerful smile, and flippantly pressed the hand next me.
"Call out the fire department, probably," said Eleanor flippantly.
"I am sorry to hear you speak so flippantly on a solemn subject," said Milburgh.
It is daring, flippantly defiant, paroxysmal, and redundant in explosive adjectives; but it is not true to nature.
He sits down again and throws his hat flippantly aside with the air of a man who has no longer anything to fear.
Francesca ended the conversation flippantly by saying that in her judgment no husband at all was a much more hazardous experiment.
The Princess replied rather flippantly: "The dear departed must be much astonished to find themselves there!"
"Our own time gives us as good models, and with less trouble to look for them," said the Count, flippantly.
If the reader thinks I treat this episode rather flippantly, let me promptly admit that this is so.
The moment one begins to talk for effect, or to hedge flippantly, he is talking insincerely.