2 uses
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Definition
showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- Nothing could be in worse taste than misplaced flippancy; and he answered somewhat stiffly: "Yes, you have been away a very long time."Chapter 2 (97% in)
- He did not mind being flippant about New York, but disliked to hear any one else take the same tone.Chapter 9 (57% in)
There are no more uses of "flippant" in The Age of Innocence.
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