flightiness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈflaɪ.ti.nəs/us/ˈflaɪ.t̬i.nəs/thequalityof not beingresponsibleand beinglikelytochangeactivities,jobs,partners, etc. often:
Heroccasionalflightiness isanchoredby hisstrongcharacter.
theendlessflightiness of thepress
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flighty
- Her flightiness gave way todeeperfeelings.
- She couldrecognizethe flightiness of her mother'stemper
- Juliet's flightiness inAct1turnstopoiseandmaturitylaterin theplay.
Changing frequently
- capricious
- capriciously
- capriciousness
- changeable
- dipsy-doodle
- fickle
- fluidity
- inconstant
- inflammable
- kaleidoscopic
- kaleidoscopically
- mercurial
- moving target
- raggedly
- raggedness
- schizophrenically
- shifting
- skittish
- yo-yoing
- zigzag