Flippantly is how you do or say something when you are not being serious about a matter other people think you should treat with care. It describes the manner: the light tone, the quick joke, the shrug in the voice.

Flippantly is how you do or say somethingFlippantly形容你做或說一件事的方式 when you are not being serious about a matter other people think you should treat with care當你對一件別人覺得應該認真看待的事情不當一回事的時候 It describes the manner它形容的是態度 the light tone, the quick joke, the shrug in the voice輕鬆的語氣、隨口的玩笑、聲音裡帶著的那種聳肩感

'He answered flippantly' means the answer itself might even be true, but the way it was given refused the weight of the question.

'He answered flippantly'『He answered flippantly（他輕率地回答）』 means the answer itself might even be true的意思是，答案本身或許還是對的 but the way it was given refused the weight of the question但給出答案的方式，拒絕承認這個問題的份量

The word is a little formal. In speech, people more often say you said it like it was nothing, or you were joking when you shouldn't have been. Used this way, it almost always criticises.

The word is a little formal這個字有點正式 In speech, people more often say you said it like it was nothing口語裡，人們比較常說你講得好像那件事沒什麼 or you were joking when you shouldn't have been或是說你在不該開玩笑的時候開了玩笑 Used this way, it almost always criticises用這種方式的時候，它幾乎都是在批評

You can laugh with someone and still be kind; to speak flippantly is to laugh past them.

You can laugh with someone and still be kind你可以跟一個人一起笑、同時還是很體貼 to speak flippantly is to laugh past themto speak flippantly，是笑過了那個人的頭