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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Making or involving a flopping motion with the wrist(s)..
Sarah waved one hand at us in this floppy-wristed way, like she was dismissing us from her royal throne room.
The stigma is the problem for those who don't want to come out of the closet, because they'll be labelled as the floppy wristed pansies that everybody thinks they should be.
Use floppy-wristed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Floppy-wristed means Making or involving a flopping motion with the wrist(s)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Sarah waved one hand at us in this floppy-wristed way, like she was dismissing us from her royal throne room.
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