flippantly
81lightly — adverb 1) Hermione kissed him lightly on the cheek Syn: softly, gently, faintly, delicately Ant: hard, heavily 2) season very lightly with paprika Syn: sparingly, slightly …
82lightly — adv 1. slightly, a little bit, (in prescriptions) leviter; gently, kissingly, softly; gingerly, carefully, timidly. 2. cheerfully, gaily, sunnily, brightly, blithely, optimistically, positively; buoyantly, breezily, carefreely, debonairly;… …
83lightly — adverb 1) Maisie kissed him lightly on the cheek Syn: softly, gently, faintly, delicately 2) season very lightly Syn: sparingly, sparsely, moderately, delicately, subtly 3) …
84flippant — UK [ˈflɪpənt] / US adjective treating a serious subject or situation in a way that is not serious, especially when this annoys other people His flippant remarks only made the judge angrier. Derived words: flippancy noun uncountable flippantly… …
85lightly — light•ly [[t]ˈlaɪt li[/t]] adv. 1) with little weight, force, intensity, etc.; gently 2) to only a small amount or degree; slightly: lightly fried eggs[/ex] 3) nimbly; quickly 4) with a lack of concern; indifferently 5) cheerfully; without… …
86flippant — /ˈflɪpənt / (say flipuhnt) adjective 1. clever or pert in speech. 2. characterised by a shallow or disrespectful levity. 3. Obsolete voluble; talkative. 4. Obsolete nimble, limber, or pliant. {origin obscure, but compare Icelandic fleipa babble}… …
87Ostalgie — A German portmanteau that describes nostalgia for East Germany. As the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches, the term ostalgie is increasingly in the news. Reporting from Berlin, The Times’s Denny Lee noted: Clunky… …
88lightly — [adv] gently, effortlessly agilely, airily, breezily, carelessly, casually, daintily, delicately, easily, ethereally, faintly, flippantly, freely, frivolously, gingerly, heedlessly, indifferently, leniently, mildly, moderately, nimbly, peacefully …
89nutting — In areas where wild hazels grew freely, large groups of villagers (particularly women) would go into the woods to gather them as food, or to sell to dyers. These expeditions were lively affairs, where a good deal of love making went on; this… …
90flippancy — flippant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not showing the proper seriousness or respect. DERIVATIVES flippancy noun flippantly adverb. ORIGIN originally in the senses «nimble» and «talkative»: from FLIP(Cf. ↑flip) …
