To a small extent or degree.
1 Never less than clear, but... perhaps... perfectly clear but a trifle sketchy?
2 Poppy is a trifle more particular about the soil it grows in.
3 Sometimes I think he stretches the limits of the law a trifle .
4 The sole of the shoe was a trifle larger than the footprints.
5 Blanche leaned back in the steamer chair and turned a trifle pale.
6 At the same time he is not worse; perhaps a trifle better.
7 The window and open door let in a trifle of light, though.
8 The Prince was a trifle cruel; but perhaps his hand trembled, too.
9 Aghast and perhaps a trifle conscience-stricken, I stood stock-still in the sunshine.
10 Smart diners in the immediate neighbourhood appeared to be a trifle shocked.
11 Mr. Cook was a trifle cool in his greeting to the chauffeur.
12 Just for a second the muscles in his throat tightened a trifle .
13 She believed it would be nothing or a trifle ; she was mistaken.
14 The young man in the discovery shaft was a trifle disconcerted, apparently.
15 My broken promise is a trifle in view of what caused it.
16 Spirit-rappings had fallen a trifle into disfavour; and phrenology was making converts.
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