We thus arrive at the serious biological paradox flippantly termed the RRR dilemma: nature's failure to produce rats with retractable roller skates.
The central meaning Shared by these verbs is. To deal lightly, casually, or flippantly with someone or something.
I also mentioned that my wife and I were scheduled to be away for a few months while not knowing where we'd be staying. And with that I said, flippantly, "We might be homeless."
When Senator Ted Kennedy referred to recent statements made by then-Microsoft COO Bob Herbold, Microsoft's CEO flippantly responded.
