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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Given to flirting.
  • adjective Full of playful allure.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Given to flirtation.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to flirtation.
  • adjective of a person Having a tendency to flirt often.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective like a coquette

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Examples

  • And she found that these up-and-coming or successful women were frequently described as flirtatious, gorgeous, charismatic beauties.

    The American Prospect Articles 2010

  • He gave her what could only be described as a flirtatious smile.

    Unpretty Sharon Carter Rogers 2008

  • He gave her what could only be described as a flirtatious smile.

    Unpretty Sharon Carter Rogers 2008

  • And re 'The Reason for the Visit': Crowley has a habit of being what I can only describe as flirtatious about certain details.

    Novelties and Souvenirs: Collected Short Fiction by John Crowley Abigail Nussbaum 2005

  • For all the animation of her ways, which might almost be described as flirtatious, Lord Quinn did not believe his nephew would have mistaken Lady Anna Marlowe for an easy or even a possible conquest.

    Heartless Balogh, Mary 1995

  • Garrett was best known as the flirtatious girl in love with the shy Sinatra in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "On the Town," both in 1949, and later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in the 1970s sitcoms "All in the Family" and "Laverne and Shirley."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Garrett was best known as the flirtatious girl in love with the shy Sinatra in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "On the Town," both in 1949, and later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in the 1970s sitcoms "All in the Family" and "Laverne and Shirley."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Garrett was best known as the flirtatious girl in love with the shy Sinatra in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "On the Town," both in 1949, and later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in the 1970s sitcoms "All in the Family" and "Laverne and Shirley."

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Bob Dechert calls "flirtatious" messages he sent to a journalist with China's state media part of an innocent friendship but among the cache of leaked e-mails that brought this to light is an especially personal letter about an entanglement gone sour - one that raises more questions.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed STEVEN CHASE AND MARK MACKINNON 2011

  • Garrett was best known as the flirtatious girl in love with the shy Sinatra in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "On the Town," both in 1949, and later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in the 1970s sitcoms "All in the the Family" and "Laverne and Shirley."

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

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