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Meanings of flightiness in English

Catalan
arbitrareitat
Spanish
arbitrariedad

The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.

        arbitrareitat
        Usage of flightiness in English
        1
        Frivolity, flightiness and the desire to please are not such terrible crimes.
        The Precipice
        2
        Poor little girl, I hope it will cure her of her flightiness.
        In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
        3
        She is firmly grounded in an industry noted for its inclination towards flightiness.
        The Irish Times
        4
        In Schumann the flightiness finds much suitable material, though Kreisleriana is often over-stressed.
        The Irish Times
        5
        That was well enough for her in her days of flightiness and frivolity.
        Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 1
        6
        She was eager to redeem herself from the charge of flightiness.
        Superseded
        7
        On and off, hot and cold-andI took it for flightiness.
        The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
        8
        Her flightiness or inconstancy was of the most dangerous kind.
        Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 1...
        9
        That pattern fostered vibrancy and creativity, but also brittle flightiness.
        Existence
        10
        This was a flightiness which Little Ann did not encourage.
        T. Tembarom
        11
        Traders said thin volume exacerbated flightiness in the market.
        Reuters
        12
        To his delight, Tsunehiko's flightiness came to his aid.
        Shinjū
        13
        And she was off, leaving her ambitious parents to shake their heads over her flightiness.
        The Promised Land
        14
        Her flightiness would have driven any man crazy who had an opinion of his own.
        The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
        15
        He found her extravagance, her tantrums, and her flightiness distressing, but he bore with them all.
        The sealed letter
        16
        I hope she show no sign of flightiness?
        Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
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        Flightiness through the time