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FLIGHTY (flightier, flightiest)

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Dictionary entry overview: What does flighty mean?

• FLIGHTY (adjective)
The adjective FLIGHTY has 2 senses:

1. guided by whim and fancy
2. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Familiarity information: FLIGHTY used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FLIGHTY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Guided by whim and fancy

Synonyms:

flighty; flyaway; head-in-the-clouds; scatterbrained

Context example:

flighty young girls

Similar:

frivolous (not serious in content or attitude or behavior)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Synonyms:

skittish; spooky; flighty; nervous

Similar:

excitable (easily excited)

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