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Flittery vs Flattery - What's the difference?

flittery | flattery |

As an adjective flittery

is flitty.

As a noun flattery is

(uncountable) excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.

flittery

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • flitty
  • * {{quote-news, year=2005, date=February 4, author=Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, title=The Treatment, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=MOSQUITOS On this New York trio's 2003 debut, everything that's cheap and listless about loungey indie pop melded with everything that's overly precious and flittery in Brazilian pop--ugh. }}

    flattery

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
  • *
    • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery , seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
  • (countable) An instance of excessive praise.

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    Related terms

    * flatter * flattered * flattering

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