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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : trahy-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraɪ fəl



Definition of trifle

Origin :
  • early 13c., trufle "false or idle tale," later "matter of little importance" (late 13c.), from Old French trufle "mockery," diminutive of truffe "deception," of uncertain origin.
  • noun novelty item
  • noun very small amout
  • verb toy with; mess around
Example sentences :
  • They thought their own habits and customs just a trifle better than those of anybody else.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Grace's laugh sounded a trifle shaky, but it was a laugh nevertheless.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • The next thing was to borrow a trifle of what was passing through his hands.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Any trifle will serve—a purse of gold, or even a jewelled goblet.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She was a trifle subdued, with a puzzled look in her blue eyes.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • If he really meant to back the horse he would not have started with such a trifle.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He merely carried that bug-catcher nonsense a trifle too far.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • In the unlimited power of her magnetism, what a trifle she had asked of him!
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Linda realized that she had overdone her disinterestedness a trifle.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Had she got the rouge a trifle brighter on one cheek than on the other?
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

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