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What does flippant mean?

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Adjective
  1. (archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
  2. (chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
  3. Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
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For some, his work is too dark to be humorous, for others it is too flippant to be serious.
Shaidanna rolled her eyes, suddenly realizing where Galen had picked up his flippant attitude.
Millar is no stranger to the flippant remark, and he does not specify exactly what he might deliver.
I could wear Armani suits and make flippant remarks in the House of Commons.
Though it may seem flippant to say so, she's certainly damaged enough to be a star.
Groucho Marx's flippant remark about the inability of any photograph to capture his inner beauty is profoundly insightful.

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