We will not shake hands with someone whose act can be called frivolous. This is clear. But if we talk about the quality of character, then recklessness has a bright side. In a world where everyone is serious, there is no place for fun. However, today we will analyze the meaning of the adjective, as well as the bearer of this quality.
Meaning of the word
Perhaps such a serious book as an explanatory dictionary is not the best adviser in such matters. But the meanings of nouns, adjectives and adverbs are recorded only there. So we don't have much of a choice. Let's see what our permanent assistant thinks on this score: "Full of frivolity." We will also have to look at the meaning of the noun: "Lack of seriousness, thoughtlessness in actions, thoughtless behavior."
Formulation that leaves no chance for a light and airy person. Of course, we are not going to defend such a quality of personality. But too much seriousness brings melancholy. But it is worth saying about the relativity of seriousness and frivolity.
Who and what can be frivolous?
We do not argue with the dictionary that all the possible results of one's actions, which are available for comprehension, must be kept in mind or try to analyze them. And now this process of reflection is no longer characteristic of a frivolous person. But it also happens otherwise, when people consider frivolous those who do such work that does not seem serious to observers:
- musician;
- artist;
- writer.
This trio is under fire all the time. But the reader can think for himself about what professions have not yet acquired a serious status. And here a paradox arises: you can engage in seriously frivolous professions and even succeed in them.
So it turns out that the characteristic "frivolous person" exists. But it is only suitable for those who do not think about the consequences of their behavior. But a man of a frivolous profession, probably, does not exist. Any work is hard and serious if you give it your all.
Offers
We probably need to add some specifics and add sentences to the meaning of the word so that the meaning is well fixed in the head:
- When a person acts under the influence of momentary emotions, he is frivolous. Is that clear?
- A frivolous lifestyle is born from the absence of life's difficulties.
- Thinks only those who at least once answered for their frivolous deeds.
By the way,I remembered a good example of frivolity from the cinema. Marty McFly was up to a certain point very frivolous, and this hurt him greatly. He kept thinking how his school friends would look at him, and what if they would consider him a coward all his life just because he did not respond to a provocation. But in Back to the Future Part 3, when he learned that his ancestor had been shot because of a similar trait, he immediately had a spiritual upheaval.
Synonyms
So frivolity is a disease that is quickly cured by life. True, those people who make money on jokes and jokes remain so for as long as possible. True, the comedian's humor is fed from a different source. A professional artist in any case cannot afford not to think, cannot afford to be frivolous, it is simply impossible. Humor is a quality of the mind. Perhaps, to even joke stupidly, you have to be smart.
However, let's leave it and move on to the substitutions of the object of study:
- carefree;
- carelessly;
- playfully;
- unreliable;
- reckless;
- superficially.
There are others, but these will suffice. If the reader wants to form his own list of synonyms for the word "frivolously", then he may well start from our list.
