flighty — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.

2

That flies easily or often.

"We know that flighty birds suffer from greater risk of raptor predation, and I assume that it is useful to understand the effects of urbanization because flighty species may be more vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance."

3

Swift.

Permanent way and other checks then somewhat slowed down this flighty progress.

Collocations

4

VERB + FLIGHTY

know, slowed, told

FLIGHTY + NOUN

birds, species

PREP.

down, from

ADV.

immediately

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

adjective — guided by whim and fancy

flyaway
head-in-the-clouds
scatterbrained

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

5

01

"We know that flighty birds suffer from greater risk of raptor predation, and I assume that it is useful to understand the effects of urbanization because flighty species may be more vulnerable to ant

Wiktionary

02

Permanent way and other checks then somewhat slowed down this flighty progress.

Wiktionary

03

Tom is flighty when it comes to projects.

Tatoeba · #11976968

04

My boss accused me of being flighty, so I immediately quit.

Tatoeba · #11976974

05

People have told me I'm flighty.

Tatoeba · #12139743

Usage Notes

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In some senses, flighty is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.