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adjective

Flighty adj.

Fleeting; swift; transient. "The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it."

Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious. "Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind." "A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast."

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"Flighty" Quotes from Famous Books

... again, scandalized.] — Let you not be minding if it's flat or rounded she is; for she's a flighty, foolish woman, you'll hear when you're off a long way, and she making a great noise ...

— The Well of the Saints • J. M. Synge

... back to the kitchen, but her flighty thoughts were swinging corners in the quadrille with Jeb, and the fried potatoes were gracefully shot into the coal-scuttle as the pan was waved aloft in imitation of dancers she had envied in days ...

— Polly of Pebbly Pit • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

... of our English Newman Street apostles, and of M. de la M—, the mad priest, and his congregation of mad converts, should be a warning to such of us as are inclined to dabble in religious speculations; for, in them, as in all others, our flighty brains soon lose themselves, and we find our reason speedily lying prostrated at the mercy of our passions; and I think that Madame Sand's novel of Spiridion may do a vast deal of good, and bears a good moral with it; though not such an one, ...

— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray

... as a desert coyote; also, he looked flighty. I was reaching for the canteen when I happened to think what pleasure it would be to Miss Sampson to minister to him, and I drew back. "Wait a little." Then with an effort I plunged. "Vaughn, listen. Miss ...

— The Rustlers of Pecos County • Zane Grey

... in the least. It is a matter of perfect unconcern to me how Mr Gerard behaves; but you are my sister. I am sorry to see you lowering your dignity, by being so silly, and flighty, and ridiculous! I am sure he must laugh at ...

— Betty Trevor • Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey

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