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    FLIGHTY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: flightier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, flightiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: flightier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: flightiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)play

    Synonyms:

    flighty; nervous; skittish; spooky

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    excitable (easily excited)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Guided by whim and fancyplay

    Example:

    flighty young girls

    Synonyms:

    flighty; flyaway; head-in-the-clouds; scatterbrained

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    frivolous (not serious in content or attitude or behavior)

    Derivation:

    flightiness (the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment)

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