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PRONUNCIATION OF FLIGHTIER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLIGHTIER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flightier is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLIGHTIER

flight lieutenant
flight line
flight log
flight management systems
flight number
flight path
flight plan
flight recorder
flight sergeant
flight simulator
flight strip
flight supplement
flight surgeon
flight test
flight-test
flightiest
flightily
flightiness
flightless
flighty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLIGHTIER

bustier
Cartier
Charpentier
chocolatier
courtier
doughtier
draughtier
frontier
Gaultier
Gautier
haughtier
mightier
naughtier
partier
Pelletier
prettier
quartier
tier
weightier
Whittier

Synonyms and antonyms of flightier in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLIGHTIER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flightier» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flightier

Translation of «flightier» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLIGHTIER

Find out the translation of flightier to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flightier from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flightier» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

flightier
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flightier
570 millions of speakers

English

flightier
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flightier
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

flightier
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

flightier
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flightier
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flightier
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flightier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penerbangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flightier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flightier
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flightier
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penerbangan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

flightier
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flightier
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लायरियर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flightier
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flightier
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flightier
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

flightier
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flightier
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

flightier
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

flightier
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

flightier
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

flightier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flightier

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIGHTIER»

The term «flightier» is used very little and occupies the 193.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIGHTIER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flightier» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flightier» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flightier

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLIGHTIER»

Discover the use of flightier in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flightier and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The National Review
But above night too, like only the next, The second of a wondrous sequence, Beaching in rare and rarer frequence, Till the heaven of heavens were circumflext, Another rainbow rose, a mightier, Fainter, flushier, and flightier, — Rapture dying ...
Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot, 1863
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The Christian teacher. [Continued as] The National review
But above night too, like only the next, The second of a wondrous sequence, Reaching in rare and rarer frequence, Till the heaven of heavens were circumflext, Another rainbow rose, a mightier, Fainter, flushier, and flightier, — Rapture dying ...
National review, 1863
3
The Dean's Daughter: Or, The Days We Live in
He was evidently growing flightier and flightier. But why inflict upon her the task of removing the scales from the eyes of their father? It was November weather; and the cold fog of a drizzly day filled the room whenever the casement was slightly ...
Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), 1853
4
The Dean's Daughter; Or, The Days We Live in
He was evidently growing flightier and flightier. But why inflict upon her the task of re~ moving the scales from the eyes of their father? It was November weather; and the cold fog of a drizzly day filled the room whenever the casement was ...
Catherine Grace Frances Gore, 1853
5
Engendering Origins: Critical Feminist Readings in Plato and ...
Sparshott believes that this passage supports his statement that Aristotle does not find females "to be flightier or more emotional than males."24 In fact Sparshott states that the rendition of Aristotle as saying that woman is more emotional than  ...
Bat-Ami Bar On, 1994
6
A Fairy's Guide to Understanding Humans
Gretta, who is making strides in her fairy godmother training, tries to help Morgan fit in at her new school as research for a book about her interactions with humans, but her own boyfriend problems get in the way.
Margaret Meacham, 2007
7
Literary Essays
But above night too, like only the next, The second of a wondrous sequence, Reaching in rare and rarer frequence, Till the heaven of heavens were circumflext, Another rainbow rose, a mightier, Fainter, Mushier, and flightier, Rapture dying ...
Richard Holt Hutton, 1896
8
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
15 And depth alike to attract my flight, 1315.27 Rephan 87 Flightier. Fainter, flushier and flightier, — 419.31 Chris.-Eve 400 Do I stop here? No! feat of flightier force I .. 606.63 Aristoph. 2601 Flight's. The flight was just for flight's sake, no pretext ...
9
Once upon a time (Book Review)
Gloria's mother may have been no more immature and self-centered than most rich women of the time, but as a beautiful young widow with no fixed abode, her life was flightier than some. "One summer," Gloria writes, "my mother found a ...
10
Galileo
Their current spiritual guide was “more suited tohunting rabbits than guiding souls.” Poverty enticed danger.Priests unpaid for theirservices tendedto recoupin kind,by coming uninvitedto dinnerand becoming overfamiliar with the flightier nuns.
John L. Heilbron, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLIGHTIER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flightier is used in the context of the following news items.
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Poem of the week: Song by 'Tzŭ-Yeh', translated by Arthur Waley
This Song may be the lesser poem as a result, but its younger, flightier, and more conventionally optimistic voice is beautifully rendered all the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
ENO's Queen of Spades: I wanted to grab David Alden's production …
... but no muddy intentions clouded Kathryn Rudge's creamy mezzo as Dorabella, or the flightier games of Andreea Soare's Fiordiligi. «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
We Ranked Rory's Classmates On 'Gilmore Girls' Because Yale …
4. Madeline. Madeline might be flightier than Louise, but she's also way friendlier. Plus, she'd let me borrow her clothes. 3. Lucy. Of all the people Rory met in ... «Bustle, May 15»
4
'Sunshine Superman' recalls BASE jumping pioneer
... offering insights into their vocation and their unlikely relationship (she was the grounded one, he the flightier of the two). But even she doesn't ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
5
Looking for a Goldilocks taper tantrum
Retail investors are flightier than pension funds and insurers, but have few viable alternatives, and massive outflows from the US junk bond ... «Financial Times, May 15»
6
Jenůfa, Scottish Opera
... sung by Peter Wedd, and the flightier and somewhat lighter-voiced Števa, sung by Sam Furness. When the Kostelnička, admirably portrayed ... «The Arts Desk, Apr 15»
7
West Indies v England, first Test - day one as it happened
Benn's deliveries are a ragbag of darts and flightier ones. With his angle from around the wicket he is also vulnerable to flying down the legside ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
8
Brandon Browner Brings Attitude to New Orleans' Defense
Where Browner could sometimes get into trouble was when he was dealing with smaller, flightier receivers, particularly if they were able to ... «Canal Street Chronicles, Mar 15»
9
Broken arm drama over hotel play The Armour
So I related to to some of his flightier moments!" The play is Defibrillator's second collaboration with The Langham following last year's ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
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University of Texas marketing researchers Kristina Durante and Ashley Rae Arsena found that women are also flightier in respect to choices of ... «Patheos, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Flightier [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/flightier>. May 2024 ».
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