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fickle
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  • A thousand times cleverer and wiser, though Helen was clever in her way, but of course fickle.  (source)
    fickle = quick to change her mind
  • Now and then he caught a phrase like, "Fame's a fickle friend, Harry," or "Celebrity is as celebrity does, remember that."  (source)
    fickle = quick to change
  • Speaking in short, matter-of-fact phrases, they worry aloud over the fickle weather and fields of sunflowers still too wet to cut, while above their heads Ross Perot s sneering visage flickers across a silent television screen.  (source)
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  • Afghan men, especially those from reputable families, were fickle creatures.  (source)
    fickle = quick to change their minds
  • Oh, dear, it seems that I'm more hurt than I thought I was by your fickleness.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • The maltster being rather short of breath, Mr. Coggan, after absently scrutinising a coal which had fallen among the ashes, took up the narrative, with a private twirl of his eye:— "Well, now, you'd hardly believe it, but that man—our Miss Everdene's father—was one of the ficklest husbands alive, after a while.†  (source)
  • The next day, by divine intervention or the fickle humors of the tropics, the sky broke open and rain poured down.  (source)
    fickle = quick to change
  • " 'No fickleness in flight like that of wind or women's fancy: " I quoted.†  (source)
  • But having long since lost interest in the fickle course of human affairs, they dropped to the floor and trotted back to the drawing room without a second glance.  (source)
  • These held her for some time, but presently, true to childish fickleness, she left off playing with them to look for something else.†  (source)
  • But the government was fickle.  (source)
  • Not that this was fickleness of soul; but hopes cut in twain by dejection—that was her case.†  (source)
  • But emotions are a fickle thing, and even though I am certain that with prayer and time I will find the same healing he has, I struggle with feelings of loneliness and vulnerability and the temptation to despair.  (source)
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