flippancy

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The first, my dear fellow, is--flippancy; the second, flippancy; and flippancy is also the third.

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  1. The state or quality of being flippant; free or inconsiderate volubility; presumptuous or impertinent trifling in speech or conduct; disrespectful smartness in speaking or writing; pertness. But this flippancy of language proves nothing but the passion of the men who have indulged themselves in it. Bp. Hurd, Works, V. vii.

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  • But the flippancy was an act—she could see that in his eyes. —  Angelmass
  • We'll watch It took nerve to greet Bruze's hideous promise with hard-boiled flippancy, as the auburn-haired girl had done. —  008 - The Sargasso Ogre
  • But behind his flippancy was a certain grim disquiet: who or what had incited this magic sword to slay him? —  The Source of Magic
  • The series has always treated its departing cast members with astonishing flippancy, and we longtime fans have come to expect this sort of masochistic abuse each and every time. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • In fashionable life, flippancy, tepid amours, weak infidelities, small aims, or no aims at all, only to kill time …. —  comMITTed to Romney!
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