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Definition of Flightiness
1. Noun. The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment. "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
Exact synonyms: Arbitrariness, Capriciousness, Whimsey, Whimsicality, Whimsy
Generic synonyms: Irresponsibility, Irresponsibleness
Derivative terms: Arbitrary, Capricious, Flighty, Whimsical, Whimsical
Generic synonyms: Irresponsibility, Irresponsibleness
Derivative terms: Arbitrary, Capricious, Flighty, Whimsical, Whimsical
Definition of Flightiness
1. n. The state or quality of being flighty.
Definition of Flightiness
1. Noun. The quality of being flighty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flightiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flightiness
Literary usage of Flightiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walter Savage Landor: A Biography by John Forster (1869)
"... who criticises with the flightiness of a poet, will assume that character at
once, and taking in series my twenty worst verses, write better r. ..."
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