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Meanings of flippant tone in English

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Usage of flippant tone in English
1
The younger notary, with his flippant tone, seemed on a lower plane.
The Marriage Contract
2
Clown who had come near us meanwhile, remarked in his flippant tone:
Botchan (Master Darling)
3
He received no answer, and duly repented the flippant tone he had taken.
Don Orsino
4
Insensibly he had dropped his flippant tone, and was speaking, seriously, with conviction.
An American Suffragette
5
The flippant tone in face of such sorrow distressed me.
Medoline Selwyn's Work
6
The flippant tone of the speaker jarred on Anne.
Man and Wife
7
She showed her disrelish for his flippant tone, by removing her hand from his arm.
Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
8
The flippant tone was very like Chandler, as well.
Changes
9
His flippant tone made Langholm writhe, and drove him into the conversation to change its tenor.
The Shadow of the Rope
10
She did not answer, though his flippant tone set her more or less at her ease.
The Keeper of the Door
11
The older woman hissed at Anna's flippant tone.
Darkness revealed
12
Lablache asked, ignoring the other's flippant tone.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
13
Abby didn't like the woman's flippant tone.
When darkness comes
14
The Woggle-Bug did not like the flippant tone in which maiden spoke; but he at once followed her.
The Woggle-Bug Book
15
He spoke in his flippant tone:
Botchan (Master Darling)
16
There was a strong contrast between the flippant tone of the Portugoose and the grave voice which answered him.
Prester John
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Flippant tone through the time
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United Kingdom
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