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flingy

9.3

Light and loose so it moves or slips off easily

adjective

: resbaladizo

The flingy scarf kept slipping off her shoulders during the windy afternoon.

Examples

He avoided wearing flingy clothes that might fall off easily while dancing.
This dress is too flingy for a formal event.
Because the fabric was so flingy, it never stayed neatly folded in the drawer.
Her flingy shoes kept slipping off her feet.
The flingy scarf kept slipping off her shoulders during the windy afternoon.
He avoided wearing flingy clothes that might fall off easily while dancing.
Her flingy shoes kept slipping off her feet.

Synonyms

loosey

vsflingy

Informal

1 9.7

Easy to move because it is not held firmly

is more likely to slip off or be scattered when handled or worn

slippy

vsflingy

1 8.2

Likely to make you slip on a wet or icy surface

is about being unsecured and likely to fall off rather than causing sliding

Antonyms

stable

473 2.3

Not likely to change and stays steady over time

How Loose

flingy

9.3

flimsy

25 3.8

loose

70 1.0

stable

473 2.3

secure

86 3.3

Surface Forms

flingy positive

flingier comparative

flingiest superlative

Morphology

flingy = fling (semi-transparent) = fling + y

The suffix '-y' suggests a quality related to 'fling', but the specific meaning of 'easily thrown or scattered' is not entirely predictable.

Etymology

Flingy comes from the common verb fling, which means 'to throw'. So something flingy is easy to toss or to slip off, like a loose scarf you could 'fling' into the air.