flightier; flightiest
1
: swift
2
: lacking stability or steadiness:
a
: easily upset : volatile
a flighty temper
b
: easily excited : skittish
a flighty horse
c
: capricious, silly
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Examples of flighty in a Sentence
an actress who specializes in playing silly, flighty women
you have to be quiet while the deer are grazing, as they are flighty animals and will run if they hear you
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
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Zegler sings a song (written for the show by the über record producer Jack Antonoff) at a Capulet party, and her performance roots Romeo, an otherwise flighty fellow, to the spot.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
Still, there are some fascinating themes and insights to pluck from this flighty plot.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
But unlike her flighty character, Sorkin was a skilled and experienced comedy writer.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Zegler sings a song (written for the show by the über record producer Jack Antonoff) at a Capulet party, and her performance roots Romeo, an otherwise flighty fellow, to the spot.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Flighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flighty. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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