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工作学习 / English / Word of the day - flippant \FLIP-uhnt\, adjective:
Lacking proper seriousness or respect; showing inappropriate
levity; pert.In the mid-1950s we both wrote for the same weekly, where
her contributions were a good deal more serious and less
flippant than mine.
--Anthony Howard and Jason Cowley, "Decline and Fall,"
[1]New Statesman, March 13, 2000
The conversations had grown more adult over the years--she
was less flippant, at least.
--Sylvia Brownrigg, [2]The Metaphysical Touch
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