flippantly
English
Etymology
Adverb
flippantly (comparative more flippantly, superlative most flippantly)
- In a flippant manner.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 17, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.