triflingly
- a word derived from trifling.
Example Sentences
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It must be practiced only in a serious, reverential mood, and must not be approached triflingly or lightly.
From The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath by Atkinson, William Walker
For indeed for severer eyes it is not, being but a trifle, and that triflingly handled.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
The company was extremely cheerful, jocular, and witty; they spoke seriously of trifles, and triflingly of serious matters; and I observed they unconcernedly directed their satires against the persons and the circumstances of absent friends.
From Peter Schlemihl by Bowring, John
Both her conscience and her nature seemed to be all alive to the rules of our Discipline: "Never be unemployed;" "Never be triflingly employed."
From Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er by Hitchcock, Elizabeth Arnold
It is only a fine line between burlesque and legitimate acting, only a triflingly different mental attitude, which results in travesty instead of seriousness.
From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton
