flippancy

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Flippancy aside, this is a new challenge for a man whose sole experience of the tournament came as a player in 1974 when Italy failed to get out of the group stage.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2010

Flippancy is a flower whose roots are often underground in the subconsciousness.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Flippancy is the easiest defense, and the least effective.

From A Mixture of Genius by Castle, Arnold

Flippancy, he had noticed, was the one thing that drove the Marchioness to the verge of desperation.

From Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by Wells, David Dwight

Flippancy, I may note again, mars the following item: 'They tell a good story of old Sarsius Lambert over at Bethel.

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon