flightier; flightiest
1
: swift
2
: lacking stability or steadiness:
a
: easily upset : volatile
a flighty temper
b
: easily excited : skittish
a flighty horse
c
: capricious, silly
Synonyms
Examples of flighty in a Sentence
an actress who specializes in playing silly, flighty women
you have to be quiet while the deer are grazing, as they are flighty animals and will run if they hear you
Recent Examples on the Web
This is the book’s signature blend: ardent and undying curiosity, mixed with equal parts wit, courage and respect for her (flighty) subjects.
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
However, both can be indecisive and flighty, so a commitment may take some time.
—Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
These are worthy questions that Honoré asks but never really answers, opting instead for in-jokes, homages, cameos and a flighty narrative that fails to sustain his film’s high-concept premise.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Eight verses, sung in syrupy low notes and flighty harmonies, paint scenes of cyclical conflict and resolution.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
In January 1971 his sitcom All in the Family introduced the Bunkers, bigoted Archie and his flighty wife Edith, and their liberal daughter and son-in-law, to the public.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
On the downside, there's some occasional lag, the heart rate tracker is flighty, and some health features work only with Samsung phones.
—WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
The animosity toward Henrietta Maria took a familiar form, with critics tarring her as both cold and calculating and promiscuous and flighty.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
Streep’s Loretta stands out as immediately suspicious, a manic and flighty woman who was getting her big break (and a date) from Oliver.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
However, both can be indecisive and flighty, so a commitment may take some time.
—Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
These are worthy questions that Honoré asks but never really answers, opting instead for in-jokes, homages, cameos and a flighty narrative that fails to sustain his film’s high-concept premise.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Eight verses, sung in syrupy low notes and flighty harmonies, paint scenes of cyclical conflict and resolution.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
In January 1971 his sitcom All in the Family introduced the Bunkers, bigoted Archie and his flighty wife Edith, and their liberal daughter and son-in-law, to the public.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
On the downside, there's some occasional lag, the heart rate tracker is flighty, and some health features work only with Samsung phones.
—WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
The animosity toward Henrietta Maria took a familiar form, with critics tarring her as both cold and calculating and promiscuous and flighty.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
Streep’s Loretta stands out as immediately suspicious, a manic and flighty woman who was getting her big break (and a date) from Oliver.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
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“Flighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flighty. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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