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What does flippant mean?

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Adjective
  1. (archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
  2. (chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
  3. Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
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I could wear Armani suits and make flippant remarks in the House of Commons.
Groucho Marx's flippant remark about the inability of any photograph to capture his inner beauty is profoundly insightful.
Zach flailed against the cuffs, his rage escalating at her flippant attitude.
Now I have to go and intimidate Mr Mills for a while as payback for his flippant remark.
Millar is no stranger to the flippant remark, and he does not specify exactly what he might deliver.
In the end the flippant attitude to the lack of car parking will have disastrous consequences for businesses in Skipton.

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