| To some he appeared disorganized, slapdash, cheerful to the point of flippancy. |
| He started cracking jokes, contrasting the flippancy of opposition politics with the weight of responsibility he had to bear. |
| He lists the erosion of liberty with enough precision to make objections to his flippancy seem footling. |
| Grantham, always publicly self-deprecating, ratchets up flippancy to reckless levels when commenting on his youngest son. |
| He insisted on everyone doing the same training and practice, expected people to look smart, and could not tolerate laxity or flippancy. |
| Nietzsche certainly has his moments, as does Schopenhauer, but these are glimmers of mordancy compared to Kierkegaard's determined flippancy. |
