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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

For severer eyes it is not," says he to his sister, "being but a trifle and that triflingly handled.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

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

The slightest quantity of prepared ox-gall will make the colours wash free from grease; triflingly reducing the brilliancy, but fixing the wash more permanently.

From The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. by Willson, Harry

"You have spoken triflingly of—of the volume by which Miss Wilson sets great store, and properly so."

From An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, Bernard