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Definition of "flightiness" [flight•i•ness]

  • The quality of being flighty. (noun)

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Use "flightiness" in a sentence
  • "Right mindfulness serves as an antidote to rid the mind forever of the auxiliary disturbing emotions and attitudes (nye-nyon), such as flightiness of mind and mental dullness, that an accustoming pathway mind gets rid of, namely the automatically arising ones."
  • "She is also charmingly open about her faults, such as her quick temper and flightiness: I always expect people to behave much better than I do."
  • "For all her flightiness, there was seemingly nothing she could not get done by sleight of hand or obtain, if occasionally at shocking black-market prices."