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flighty

[flahy-tee] / ˈflaɪ ti /


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A smile thrown in her direction during a parade honoring a visiting king and his princess daughter, a marvelously flighty Miriam Hopkins, almost causes an international incident after the gesture is misinterpreted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Undertaking a new challenge every few years can show employers you’re ambitious, but not flighty.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025

But it also turns him into a lonely, rigidly neoclassicist oddball who scorns his professors, prefers books to his flighty peers and still can’t seem to take care of himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

"Today’s young women know that neurotic isn’t cute. Cute isn’t cute. Neither is flustered, madcap, zany, flighty, flaky, harried or hapless - all adjectives that apply to Bridget."

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

Daughter of the Chief’s flighty ex-wife, come home at last.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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