tritely
- a word derived from trite.
Example Sentences
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And while the notion that Lennon and Ono came to understand America through its television programming is provocative, too frequently the collage of grim news and glib ads leans toward the tritely ironic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
There’s something almost tritely theatrical about this monologue, but, I think, that’s the point.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2020
He opens with a statement that is presumptive, irrelevant to the office he seeks, theologically contentious, and tritely tautological.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2016
Over the past two decades, the term man cave has risen to dubious prominence, tritely used for any space reserved for the particular pleasure of the gentleman of the household.
From Architectural Digest ● Feb. 3, 2015
Kars watched him go not without some misgivings, and his fears were tritely expressed to Bill Brudenell, who joined him a few minutes later.
From The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon by Cullum, Ridgwell
