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Meanings of trifle in English

Portuguese
bagatela
Catalan
petitesa

Something of small importance.

        bagatela
        Portuguese
        desperdiçar

        Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.

              desperdiçar

              Consider not very seriously.

                    An unsubstantial thing.

                          Usage of trifle in English
                          1
                          Never less than clear, but... perhaps... perfectly clear but a trifle sketchy?
                          Drood: a novel
                          2
                          Poppy is a trifle more particular about the soil it grows in.
                          The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
                          3
                          Sometimes I think he stretches the limits of the law a trifle.
                          One for the money
                          4
                          The sole of the shoe was a trifle larger than the footprints.
                          The Abandoned Room
                          5
                          Blanche leaned back in the steamer chair and turned a trifle pale.
                          In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
                          6
                          At the same time he is not worse; perhaps a trifle better.
                          Armadale
                          7
                          The most insignificant trifle affected him; he was a noli me tangere.
                          Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
                          8
                          The window and open door let in a trifle of light, though.
                          Savage
                          9
                          The Prince was a trifle cruel; but perhaps his hand trembled, too.
                          Arms and the Woman
                          10
                          Aghast and perhaps a trifle conscience-stricken, I stood stock-still in the sunshine.
                          The Millionaire Baby
                          11
                          Smart diners in the immediate neighbourhood appeared to be a trifle shocked.
                          The Prince of Graustark
                          12
                          Mr. Cook was a trifle cool in his greeting to the chauffeur.
                          Bob Cook and the German Spy
                          13
                          Just for a second the muscles in his throat tightened a trifle.
                          Molly Make-Believe
                          14
                          She believed it would be nothing or a trifle; she was mistaken.
                          Penguin Island
                          15
                          The young man in the discovery shaft was a trifle disconcerted, apparently.
                          The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
                          16
                          My broken promise is a trifle in view of what caused it.
                          The Emancipated
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                          Translations for trifle
                          Trifle through the time
                          Trifle across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Rare