flighty
/ˈflʌɪti
/adjective (flightier, flightiest)
Fickle and irresponsible: her mother was a flighty Southern belle...
- Oh, apparently it's not my fault the writing here is bad - it's yours for being so flighty and fickle.
- The inclination is to be flighty and irresponsible.
- But like wild animals and flighty birds, our dreams are loath to be tamed.
Synonyms
fickle, erratic, changeable, inconstant, irresolute, mercurial, skittish, whimsical, capricious, volatile, unsteady, unstable, unbalanced, impulsive;
irresponsible, flippant, giddy, silly, frivolous, light-minded, feather-brained, scatterbrained, scatty, reckless, wild, careless, thoughtless, heedless, carefree, insouciant
informal dippy, dopey, batty, dotty, nutty
British informal dappy
North American informal ditzy
Derivatives
flightily
/ adverb ...- She loved every one - Goffin & King's sumptuous ‘So Much Love’, Randy Newman's fragile ‘Just One Smile’, Michel Legrand's flightily bonkers ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’.
- ‘Hm, fine, have it your way,’ Dahni flightily drawled before the light on her half of the room went out.
- Girl from Mantuckit sang out and sat poutingly in her chair, and began swirling in it flightily.
flightiness
/ noun ...- The Leo Moon stabilizes the Sagittarius flightiness and inconsistency, but since both signs are ruled by fire, these individuals are enthusiastic, ambitious.
- Her acting was rather disappointing, lacking the impulsive flightiness of my ideal Dorabella, but it will be interesting to see what becomes of her voice.
- He would ground her flightiness and her impulsiveness and she would lighten his sometimes-sober demeanour.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from flight + -y1.