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flightiness



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She is on the lookout for any sign of giggly flightiness.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2020

“I think we are both quite prone to flightiness but know that needs to be balanced with earthiness,” Mayle explained.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2019

Kirsten Kollender flamboyantly overplays the role of Jean Tatlock, the mentally unstable political radical who for a time romantically tortures Oppenheimer with her flightiness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2018

But to me, that absence of self-command suggests more than mere flightiness.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2016

With the secret and implacable labor of a small ant she predisposed the women of the village against the flightiness of their husbands, who were already preparing for the move.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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