flippantly

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Adverbial flippantly has 1 sense

flippantly, airily - in a flippant manner; "he answered the reporters' questions flippantly"; "this cannot be airily explained to your children"
Derived from adjective flippant₁

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Flippantly

Part of speech: Adverb

Sense 1: In a casual or irreverent manner

Example sentence: She responded flippantly to his serious question, which irritated him.

Sense 2: Without serious or thoughtful consideration

Example sentence: The author flippantly dismissed the objections raised by critics.

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