Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: flimsy
IPA transcription: [fl'ɪmzi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flimsy
    Meaning: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: onionskin, flimsy
    Meaning: a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
Usage examples
  • "How dare you call me flimsy?"
  • "Flimsy! me flimsy!" cried Jack, in a rage.
  • It was now near dark, and I made haste to make up my flimsy little tent.
  • He experimented with many schemes, but threw them aside one by one as flimsy.
  • She wasn't cheating herself or Cutty: she was cheating convention, a flimsy thing at best.
  • "I cannot forget it," retorted the Saw-Horse, "for it is quite as flimsy as the rest of your person."
  • I have to dress pretty well in my business." She took off her jacket and sat more at ease in her blouse, of some soft, flimsy silk.
  • Leaving home, he found, in a venture at "Yankee notion-pedling," that glibness meant three hundred per cent, in disposing of flimsy wares.
  • Poor Miss Katy, with her flimsy green satin and point-lace, was one of the first victims, and fell from the bough in company with a sad shower of last year's leaves.