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flighty(dictionary)

flighty (iou)



flighty adjective. M16.
[from FLIGHT noun1 + -Y1.]
Swift, fleet. rare. M16.
P. Matthiessen The animals are flighty now, and so I stalk them with more care.
Guided by whim or fancy rather than by judgement or common sense; fickle, frivolous. M18.
H. G. Wells Your wits might be flighty, but..your character was sound. A. Thwaite Edmund, though young, was certainly not flighty.
Insane, crazy. Now rare. E19.
flightily adverb L18.
flightiness noun M18.