flippantly

Example Sentences

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In 1976, a man named Tom Iacino called his friend’s house and flippantly asked the person who answered the phone if he could speak to “the couch potato.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“And I don’t mean that flippantly; I mean that, legitimately, it saved my life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

"For him to just flippantly use it in such an offhanded manner speaks volumes... we have a lot of work to do," Mandy Maysey told Seven News.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

I watched in quiet horror as she flippantly added an inexplicable amount of bacon to a pan, cranked the heat to high and stirred it around a few times.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2023

“Off and on,” I said flippantly as I sat down.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss