flippant's Usage Examples:

Classicism in the shape of solid, respectable Hummel on the one hand, and Carl Czerny, a trifle flippant, perhaps, and inclined to appeal to the gallery, on the other, these gave the musical parentage of young Liszt.

Also, the main ghost of the story sounds too flippant.

"Had supper yet?" she asked flippantly.

He writes on theological subjects with the detachment of a thoughtful layman, and is witty without being flippant.

Her throat was constricting with emotion, so she responded flippantly.

She turned away from him, speaking flippantly.

"Well, let's just say he was willing to tell me what lay in store for me," she answered flippantly.

"Maybe once," she replied flippantly in a wasted attempt to hide embarrassment.

In spite of an agonizing pulse, she responded flippantly.

Whatever the reason, she felt compelled to answer flippantly.

Kate Gosselin has been ravaged in the media for her sometimes questionable treatment of her kids, and flippant attitude.

The book is written with a humorous, at times almost flippant tone.

I'd say something flippant like, " If I die, you can have my boots " .

Synonyms:

light-minded, frivolous,

Antonyms:

profound, frivolity, serious,