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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
flippant
What is a typical example of a flippant attitude?
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flippant - showing inappropriate levity. light-minded · frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark" To be flippant is to have a rude or silly attitude or behavior when seriousness is expected.
- flippant - showing inappropriate levity.
- light-minded · frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark" To be flippant is to have a rude or silly attitude or behavior when seriousness is expected.
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flippant - showing inappropriate levity. light-minded · frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"
To be flippant is to have a rude or silly attitude or behavior when seriousness is expected.
To be flippant is to have a rude or silly attitude or behavior when seriousness is expected.
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Hi
- I've got to go to the hospital to get the results of my blood test
- You'll be going past the laundry - you can drop my washing off
The reply is trivial and uncaring toward the first speaker - perhaps it was meant as a joke. That is being flippant
Dave
- I've got to go to the hospital to get the results of my blood test
- You'll be going past the laundry - you can drop my washing off
The reply is trivial and uncaring toward the first speaker - perhaps it was meant as a joke. That is being flippant
Dave
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