We thus arrive at the serious biological paradox flippantly termed the RRR dilemma: nature's failure to produce rats with retractable roller skates.
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."
The central meaning Shared by these verbs is. To deal lightly, casually, or flippantly with someone or something.
When Senator Ted Kennedy referred to recent statements made by then-Microsoft COO Bob Herbold, Microsoft's CEO flippantly responded.